Introduction:

the constant and diverse availability of new drugs offers alternative options of treatment. The topic Oleozón® is a drug that is still being tested and validated. There are evidences enough of its antimicrobial and healing effect.

Objective:

to evaluate the efficacy of topic Oleozón® in the treatment of chronic fibro-edematous gingivitis.

Material and method:

an experimental randomized study was carried out. The studied period was September 2015-June 2017. The sample were 60 patients living in the municipality of Palmira, aged 18-35 years old, with diagnosis of chronic fibro-edematous gingivitis who assisted the dental services in the before mentioned period and fulfilled the inclusion criteria and gave their informed consent. They were randomly divided into two groups: the study and the control groups. There were used methods of the theoretic, logic-historical and documental level in the bibliographic and theoretical review of the research theme, the induction-deduction method for the analyses of the purposes and logical steps of the research.

Results:

although there were not found significant differences between the groups of patients treated with topic Oleozón® and clorhexidine, the authors recommend their inclusion in Guias Prácticas de Estomatología as an alternative treatment of the chronic fibro-edematous gingivitis.

Conclusions:

there were not found significant differences between the groups of patients treated with topic Oleozón® and clorhexidine in the treatment of chronic fibro-edematous gingivitis; both treatments were decisive at the same level in most of the cases.

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