Clinical comparative study of the effectiveness of two dosages of Dexamethasone to control postoperative swelling, trismus and pain after the surgical extraction of mandibular impacted third molars

Medicina Oral, Patologia Oral y Cirugia Bucal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-132

  Laureano Filho, Jose Rodrigues ^a,b   Maurette, Paul Edward ^a   Allais, Marvis ^a   Cotinho, Milane ^a   Fernandes, Caio ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Odontologia de Pernambuco   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Dexamethasone; Impacted third molars; Oral surgery; Pain control; Swelling; Trismus

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PARACETAMOL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWELLING; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TRISMUS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MANDIBLE; MOLAR TOOTH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOLAR, THIRD; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH, IMPACTED; TRISMUS;

EID: 41449100168     PISSN: 16984447     EISSN: 16986946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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