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Volume 3 Issue 3 (July - September, 2015)
Review Articles
ROLE OF COLLAGEN MEMBRANE - A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW | |
Abdul Rahman, I.Packiaraj, Genmorgan, Alaguvelrajan, Kandasamy | |
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons treat various pathologies in and around the oral cavity. The commonest protocol for all pathologies is the surgical excision. If the post operative wounds that are left uncovered are prone to infection and scarring. There are many biological material available to dress the open wounds, which reduces the incidence of infection and degree of contraction .The biological materials act as a graft which may either autogenous like skin graft or alloplastic like the collagen membrane. There donor site morbidity where the place of donor site region. This article states to assess the efficacy of collagen membrane is an alternative to autogenous graft in the oral cavity. |
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