Pre-emptive effect of dexamethasone injection and consumption on post-operative swelling, pain, and trismus after third molar surgery. A prospective, double blind and randomized study

• Main Authors: Pradeep D. Chaudhary (Author), Sanjay Rastogi (Author), Prashant Gupta (Author), B. Niranjanaprasad Indra (Author), Roy Thomas (Author), Rupshikha Choudhury (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aim: To evaluate the preventative effect of intravenous 4 mg of dexamethasone and 8 mg oral dexamethasone on post-operative pain, swelling and trismus after the surgical extraction of mandibular third molars. Materials and methods: A randomized clinical trial comprised of 200 patients (control group...