The effect of a single dose of prednisolone on pain, trismus and swelling after removal of third mandibular molars

Pain Clinic

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 203-207

  Buyukkurt, M Cemil ^a   Gungormus, Metin ^a   Kaya, Omer ^a   Tozoǧlu, Sinan ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Pain; Swelling; Third molars; Trismus

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ARTICAINE; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STEROID THERAPY; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRISMUS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 21744456729     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568569053749921     Document Type: Article

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