Retraction Cord
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About retraction cord
Retraction cord comes knitted, twisted or braided, and either impregnated with a medicament or hemostatic agent or left plain. Cords are colour-coded and sold in diameters numbered from 000 to 3 for different sulcus depths, with no standardised sizing system behind the numbers. Braided cord is tightly woven, so it places without fraying and absorbs medicaments well, but pressing on one section can dislodge another from the sulcus. Knitted cord is made of interlocking loops that adapt as it goes in and stay put when the next section is inserted, and it compresses on insertion.
The mechanical part: a thread packed into the sulcus to displace the tissue. It is used on its own or together with a hemostatic or vasoconstrictor agent.
Sources: Present status and future directions: Soft tissue management in prosthodontics (World J Methodol 2025) · Dentists’ knowledge and preference regarding gingival displacement methods (BMC Oral Health 2023)