Gurpreet Kaur Randhawa

Dental Core Trainee, North Manchester General Hospital

email: gurpreet.randhawa1@nhs.net

Bismuth Iodoform Paraffin Paste: History, Uses and Alternatives in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

BIPP was first used by Rutherford Morison in 1916 to dress soldiers' wounds.2 He found that when bismuth and iodoform were mixed with paraffin, it permitted a healing response and reduced infection...