Effect of Submucosal Injection of Dexamethasone on Postoperative Discomfort After Third Molar Surgery: A Prospective Study

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2218-2226

  Grossi, Giovanni Battista ^a   Maiorana, Carlo ^a   Garramone, Rocco Alberto ^a   Borgonovo, Andrea ^a   Beretta, Mario ^a   Farronato, Davide ^a   Santoro, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PERCEPTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWELLING; TOOTH DISEASE; TRISMUS;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; EDEMA; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOLAR, THIRD; MOUTH MUCOSA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH, IMPACTED; TRISMUS;

EID: 35348815482     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.11.036     Document Type: Article

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