Loose Suturing Over PRF Membranes

A 63-year-old woman with coronary artery disease and hypertension (taking 100 mg Aspirin daily with bleeding tendency) presents to office with subgingival fracture of the tooth #9 (Fig.1).  After packing sticky bone into the extraction socket with a condenser (Fig.2), two pieces of PRF membranes are placed, followed by loose suturing with 4/0 Chromic gut suture (Fig.3).  In fact the paper-thin buccal plate becomes bulging post bone graft condensation (*).

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 07/01/2020, last revision 07/04/2020