Postoperative care
For seven days, 500 mg of Amoxicillin (Emox, Egyption Int. Pharmaceutical Industries Co., E.I.P.I.C.O., A.R.E.) was used as an oral antibiotic every six hours. A non-steriodal analgesic and anti-inflammatory medication called Diclofenac Potassium 50 mg tablets (Oflam, Mepha Pharma Egypt S.A.E.) was prescribed. Patients were advised to avoid chewing solid food, and to maintain good oral hygiene with Chlorohexidine HCl (0.12%) (Hexitol, the Arab Drug Company, Cairo, A.R.E.). Then, after one week, the sutures were removed.