Current Role of Carnoy's Solution in Treating Keratocystic Odontogenic Tumors.
OBJECTIVE
To understand the frequency of use of Carnoy's solution, as a means of chemical curettage, for treating the keratocystic odontogenic tumor (KCOT).


METHODS
A Web-based survey was distributed by e-mail to 6,880 members listed in the 2013 American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons directory.


RESULTS
Eight hundred nine participants across the United States responded to the survey (12% response rate). The most common procedures performed to definitively treat a KCOT were enucleation plus mechanical curettage (curette with or without peripheral ostectomy; 66%). Of the survey participants, 198 (25%) currently use Carnoy's solution, 111 (56%) of whom are using the solution with chloroform and 83 (42%) are using it without chloroform.


CONCLUSIONS
Carnoy's solution remains a common method of chemical curettage for the definitive treatment of the KCOT. Carnoy's solution with and without chloroform is being used for chemical cautery.
Dental Student, Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, New York, NY.
Jordan
J
Ecker
Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Rutger Ter
RT
Horst
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery and Voluntary Attending, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Voluntary Attending, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY; Private Practice, Metropolitan Oral Surgery Associates, New York, NY. Electronic address: dkmosaNY@gmail.com.
David
D
Koslovsky
D019342:Acetic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002424:Caustics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002425:Cautery / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002725:Chloroform / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017679:Cryotherapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003475:Curettage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000431:Ethanol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States
C033474:Carnoy's solution; D002424:Caustics; D000431:Ethanol; D002725:Chloroform; D019342:Acetic Acid