Cotton Rolls & Pellets

About cotton rolls and pellets

A cotton roll takes up moisture in the mouth during a procedure, which is the use the FDA classification for a paper or cotton saliva absorber describes. Cotton rolls with a saliva ejector, and a rubber dam with clamps, are described in a clinical trial as the most used ways of controlling moisture in the field.

Paper or cotton placed in the mouth to take up moisture while the work is done. Over two years, cotton roll isolation was non-inferior to rubber dam isolation for the survival of composite restorations in primary molars.

Sources: FDA 21 CFR 872.6050, Saliva absorber · Rubber dam versus cotton roll isolation and the survival of composite restorations in primary molars, 2-year non-inferiority trial (BMC Oral Health 2022)