DEXAMETHASONE FOR THIRD MOLAR SURGERY- A REVIEW

Authors

  • PRAKASH DHANAVELU Department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath University, Pallikaranai, Chennai-600100, Tamil Nadu, India
  • SHANMUGAPRIYAN Department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath University, Pallikaranai, Chennai-600100, Tamil Nadu, India
  • VIJAY EBENEZER Department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath University, Pallikaranai, Chennai-600100, Tamil Nadu, India
  • BALAKRISHNAN Department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath University, Pallikaranai, Chennai-600100, Tamil Nadu, India
  • M ELUMALAI Department of Pharmacology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath University, Pallikaranai, Chennai-600100, Tamil Nadu, India.

Keywords:

Dexamethasone, third molar surgery, postoperative edema

Abstract

Every  oral surgeon has encountered problems associated with edema, trismus, and pain after third Molar surgeries. In third-molar surgery, fear of pain and  trismus are often directly proportional to edema. Use of the corticosteroid, dexamethasone, given as intramuscular, intravenous or sub mucosal either as preoperative, perioperative or postoperative injection , appears to be effective in the prevention of postoperative edema. This article reviews about the best technique and the dose required to minimize patient discomfort in third molar surgery.

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31.12.2013

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PRAKASH DHANAVELU, SHANMUGAPRIYAN, VIJAY EBENEZER, BALAKRISHNAN, & M ELUMALAI. (2013). DEXAMETHASONE FOR THIRD MOLAR SURGERY- A REVIEW. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 4(4), 9–13. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/2726

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Volume 4, Issue 4, 2013

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