Mussel adhesive proteins as surgical sealants in post-extraction: Literature review: Mussel adhesive proteins sebagai surgical sealant pada pasca pencabutan gigi: Kajian pustaka

Haswamati Hasan (Departemen Bedah Mulut Kedokteran Gigi Universitas Hasanuddin Makassar Makassar, Indonesia)
Ramadhan Alfitrah Syamsir Dewang (Departemen Bedah Mulut Kedokteran Gigi Universitas Hasanuddin Makassar Makassar, Indonesia)

MDJ (Makassar Dental Journal)
Vol. 11 No. 2 (2022): Volume 11 Issue 2 Agustus 2022

Background and objective: Tooth extraction is a dental procedure of removing a tooth from its socket, causing an injury. Dental socket wounds that are directlyexposed to the oral environment allow the entry of pathogenic micro-organisms that can cause post-extraction bleeding, alveolar osteitis, oroantral fistula, and others. Recent studies have shown that the use of mussel adhe-sive proteins (MAPs) without sutures or staples can accelerate socket wound closure or stopbleeding after tooth extraction. Con-clusion: MAPs that have been synthesized into injectable citrate-based mussel-inspired bioadhesive have the potential assurgical sealants after tooth extraction because they have strong adhesive properties in wet environments, good esthetics, atraumatic, and short operating time.