Clinical and radiological assessment of effects of long-term corticosteroid therapy on oral health

• Main Authors: Swapna Sridevi Beeraka (Author), Kannan Natarajan (Author), Rajendra Patil (Author), Rakesh Kumar Manne (Author), Venkata Sarath Prathi (Author), Venkata Suneel Kumar Kolaparthi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Corticosteroids (Cs) are used widely for their anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties. They have the potential to cause dramatic improvement as well as produce equally dramatic adverse effects. The clinical misuse like over prescription of the drug should be avoided. Long-ter...