Tensile Strength of Novel Nonabsorbable PTFE (Teflon®) versus Other Suture Materials: An In Vitro Study

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Tensile strength of various absorbable and nonabsorbable sutures according to immersion time in synthetic saliva. The tensile strength values are means expressed in Newtons. PG: polyglactin, BS: black silk, PTFE: polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon).