Absolutely, wet-to-dry dressings are still used, typically for smaller open wounds. For large area, deep, or tunneling wounds, I use negative-pressure vacuum dressing (e.g. WoundVACs). There is reasonable evidence that negative-pressure dressings accelerate wound epithelialization.

Wet to dry dressings should not be used in open surgical wounds unless it's full of loose slough and you want to debride it.  (And, in that case, it's barbaric and I still don't recommend it.)  They are no longer the standard of care, and in the US, if used in a nursing home without the indication of debridement, the facility can be cited by state surveyors. There are lots of problems with wet to dry dressings, ranging from loose cotton fibers becoming foreign bodies, to not blocking bacteria, to disrupting granulation tissue formation and drying out the wound. I wrote this review paper about the use of gauze.  Cordrey, R. (2010). Gauze, Impregnated Gauzes, and Contact Layers. Advances in Wound Care. C. K. Sen, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 1.

See also:

Spear, M. (2008). "Wet-to-dry dressings-evaluating the evidence." Plast Surg Nurs 28(2): 92-95.

Armstrong, M. and P. E. Price (2004). "Wet-to-dry gauze dressings: Fact and fiction." Wounds 16(2): 56-62.