New age oxygen therapy for enhanced recovery: BLUE®M oral gel in post-extraction socket healing

• Author Details:   
• Muskan Grover ^*
• Amit Gupta
• Tushar Dubey
• Piyush Dua
• Gursimran Kaur Arora

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Background: Tooth extraction initiates a cascade of healing events in both soft and hard tissues. Various dressings had been used to optimize healing and minimize post-extraction complications such as dry socket. Blue^®M oral gel, an oxygen-releasing de-novo dressing have shown promising results in enhanced healing in different dimensions of dentistry but role in post-extraction socket healing is not very well demonstrated in literature. The study aimed at studying its clinical efficacy in post-extraction alveolar sockets.
Materials and Methods: A prospective randomized controlled comparative study was conducted on 30 patients requiring tooth extraction. Patients were assigned into two groups: Group A (Blue^®M oral gel) and Group B (placebo - KY jelly). Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for pain and Landry Healing Index were assessed on postoperative days 3 and 7.
Results: On postoperative day 3, the mean VAS score for pain was significantly lower in Group A (4.00±0.93) compared to Group B (5.40±0.51) (p=0.0002). By day 7, pain scores were similar in both groups. The Landry Healing Index score was significantly better in Group A on both day 3 (p=0.0124) and day 7 (p<0>
Conclusion: Blue^®M oral gel significantly enhanced post-extraction healing and reduced pain in early postoperative days. It presented a promising alternative to conventional dressings for optimizing alveolar healing.

Keywords: Blue®M oral gel, Wound healing, Post-Extraction alveolar socket, Oxygen therapy