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Y Charbit1, C Hitzig, M Bolla, C Bitton, M F Bertrand.
Abstract
The aim of this in-vitro study was to compare the physical properties of three suture materials used in periodontal surgery: silk, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (e-PTFE), and polylactic acid/polyglycolic and (PLA/PGA). Five physical tests were carried out on each of the three suture materials: strain to failure, tensile strength, knot tensile strength, knot slippage, and capillarity. For each test, 30 samples of each suture material were used. In all cases, the statistical results showed that the e-PTFE and the PLA/PGA threads were superior.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID： 10067182
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biomed Instrum Technol ISSN： 0899-8205