Absorbable dental surgical sutures are commonly preferred by dentists in oral, dental and maxillofacial surgery and these are self-dissolving surgical sutures as the body absorbs these sutures with hydrolysis or enzymatic ways after gum or jaw surgeries in the oral region.

Absorbable dental surgical sutures are divided into two in oral, dental and maxillofacial surgery as multifilament and monofilament. Monofilament dental sutures consist of one thread (strong) while multifilament sutures have braided structure with multiple fibres. Therefore, monofilament sutures have lower risks to cause tissue reactions and microbial colonization compared to multifilament sutures but the nodes of the multifilament sutures are stronger and do not lose easily.