Foreign-body reaction to an alveolar dressing (Alvogyl®): Presentation of 4 cases

Authors

  • Didac Sotorra-Figuerola University of Basque Country https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5118-9913
  • Javier Alberdi-Navarro University of Basque Country
  • Maria-Luisa Gainza-Cirauqui University of Basque Country
  • Juan Pablo Muñoz-Zapata University of Basque Country
  • Jose-Manuel Aguirre-Urizar University of Basque Country

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5935/2525-5711.20190009

Keywords:

Alvogyl, foreign body, alveolar osteitis, dry socket, persistence, complication

Abstract

Introduction: Alvogyl® is a product used for prevention and management of alveolar osteitis/dry-socket. Its active ingredients, iodoform (antiseptic) and butamben (anaesthetic), are transported in Penghawar djambivegetable fibresthat possess a hemostatic property. Patients: We present 4 clinical cases of a foreign-body reaction after retaining Alvogyl® in the extraction socket in two men and one woman, with a mean age of 52 years (37-66 years). Of these, two cases were in the maxilla and two in the mandible. All cases presented with a chronic inflammatory foreign-body reaction containing giant multinucleated cells and a fibrillar material. Conclusion: Alvogyl® is a product for the management of alveolar osteitis/dry-socket that should be removed from the alveolus once the pain has resolved for an adequate healing process to occur.

Author Biographies

Didac Sotorra-Figuerola, University of Basque Country

Oral Medicine, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Department of Stomatology II University of Basque Country, Stomatology II. Leioa; Bizkaia, Espanha

Javier Alberdi-Navarro, University of Basque Country

Oral Medicine, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Department of Stomatology II University of Basque Country, Stomatology II. Leioa; Bizkaia, Espanha

Maria-Luisa Gainza-Cirauqui, University of Basque Country

Oral Medicine, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Department of Stomatology II University of Basque Country, Stomatology II. Leioa; Bizkaia, Espanha

Juan Pablo Muñoz-Zapata, University of Basque Country

Oral Medicine, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Department of Stomatology II University of Basque Country, Stomatology II. Leioa; Bizkaia, Espanha

Jose-Manuel Aguirre-Urizar, University of Basque Country

Oral Medicine, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Department of Stomatology II University of Basque Country, Stomatology II. Leioa; Bizkaia, Espanha

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2019-01-15

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Sotorra-Figuerola D, Alberdi-Navarro J, Gainza-Cirauqui M-L, Muñoz-Zapata JP, Aguirre-Urizar J-M. Foreign-body reaction to an alveolar dressing (Alvogyl®): Presentation of 4 cases. J Oral Diagn [Internet]. 2019 Jan. 15 [cited 2024 Nov. 15];4:1-6. Available from: https://joraldiagnosis.com/revista/article/view/120

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