Data of fracture effort in the deformation of the cutting surface of scalpel blades

Abstract

This article contains data related to the research article titled “Deformation of scalpel blades after incision of gingival tissue in pig mandibles. An ex vivo study” (Díaz et al., 2017) [1]. The presented data give information on the Rheological properties of a number 3 Bard Parker scalpel blades from the Paramount® and Elite® brands. The loss of the cutting capacity of the scalpel blades was evaluated, determining fracture efforts by incisions on gingival tissues. The Elite® brand presented greater efforts (41.40; 52.70; 59.00; 61.17; 64.00; 66.78; 72.15 and 74.18 Newton (N)) than the scalpel blades from the Paramount® brand (49.60; 51.40; 51.90; 52.33; 58.96; 62.24 and 69.08 N). The cutting effort increases with the number of cuts performed by each scalpel blade.