Toothbusters. Part 9. Suturing

An awesome series on sedation and oral surgery. This series is going to have a mixture of everything – from live consultations, lectures, practical demonstrations, and recorded footage of surgical procedures too.

The team of Toothbusters – Dr. Nasser Syed, Dr. Tariq Drabu, Dr. Javed Ikram, and Dr. Chris Waith – will be guiding you and giving you insights into every stage of the process where a patient needs sedation and oral surgery procedures. You are going to love it!

This is Part 9. Suturing techniques.

Aim:

• Gain an overview of wound healing and suturing techniques

Objectives:

• Identify the stages of wound healing
• Identify the factors that can affect wound healing
• Be able to list the different types of sutures in terms of classification, materials and needles
• Identify and apply the different sutures to different suturing techniques

Learning outcome:

• By the end of this unit, the learner will be able to identify and apply different suturing techniques for good wound management

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