This product may also contribute as a biological dressing, accelerating the healing process, since it decreases contact with the oral cavity. The RAS is permanently exposed to mechanical trauma, as by mastication of food, also as by brushing the teeth in the case of humans. Coelho17 related that the polysaccharide of the sugar cane forms a stable film which, when in contact with wound fluids, releases an amount of sugar which can raise the osmolarity and reduce the number of bacterial, a positive factor in the healing process.