Corticosteroids decrease pain, swelling and trismus

Evidence-Based Dentistry

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 111-

  Ross Beirne, O ^b   Herrera Briones, F J ^a   Prados Sanchez E ^a   Reyes Botella, C ^a   Vallecillo Capilla, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

HUMAN; MOLAR TOOTH; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; HUMANS; MOLAR, THIRD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 84898492958     PISSN: 14620049     EISSN: 14765446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ebd.6400968     Document Type: Note

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