Effect of Dexamethasone and Dipyrone on Lingual and Inferior Alveolar Nerve Hypersensitivity Following Third Molar Extractions: Preliminary Report

Journal of Orofacial Pain

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-68

  Barron, Robert P ^a   Benoliel, Raphael ^a   Zeltser, Raphael ^a   Eliav, Eli ^b   Nahlieli, Oded ^b,c   Gracely, Richard H ^d  

^a Department of Oral Medicine ^*  (Canada)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Dipyrone; Pain measurement; Third molar; Tooth extraction

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPYRONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR ALVEOLAR NERVE; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; INNERVATION; LINGUAL NERVE; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RANDOMIZATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPYRONE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUAL NERVE; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MOLAR, THIRD; NEURITIS; ORBIT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 1142298396     PISSN: 10646655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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