Wounds which are clean, uninfected and surgically incised, with edge of wounds approximated by sutures heal by:

 # Wounds which are clean, uninfected and surgically incised, with edge of wounds approximated by sutures heal by:

A. Primary intention

B. Secondary intention

C. Cauterization

D. All of the above

The correct answer is A. Primary intention.

Clean, uninfected, surgically incised wounds that are approximated by surgical sutures heal by primary intention. Infected, open large wounds that are not approximated by surgical sutures heal by secondary intention. Healing after flap surgery is by primary intention where as gingivectomy, gingivoplasty and extraction socket heal by secondary intention.