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Wound dressing.

SilvaKollagen[R] Gel, "Smart Silver"[TM], available from DermaRite, is a natural, safe, and effective medical hydrolystate of collagen with silver. SilvaKollagen provides an environment that encourages wound healing wound healing Physiology The repair of a wound Steps Inflammation, repair and closure, remodeling, final healing; repair of incisions may be either simple–'clean' wounds with little loss of tissue heal by 'primary intention', or 'dirty' wounds heal by  while protecting the wound bed and its newly formed granulation tissue. It forms an occlusive occlusive /oc·clu·sive/ (o-kloo´siv) pertaining to or causing occlusion.

oc·clu·sive
adj.
1. Occluding or tending to occlude.

2.
 gelatinous gelatinous /ge·lat·i·nous/ (je-lat´i-nus) like jelly or softened gelatin.

ge·lat·i·nous
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or containing gelatin.

2. Resembling gelatin; viscous.
 barrier while inhibiting the growth of microbes that are absorbed into the wound gel. SilvaKollagen reduces pain, soothes and deodorizes, conforms to any wound site, controls the evaporation of fluid, yet is naturally highly absorbent, accelerates tissue remodeling remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure.

bone remodeling
, and reduces scarring.

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Date:Feb 1, 2008
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