Comparative study for effectiveness of oral dexamethasone for assessment of pain, swelling and trismus following impacted 3rd molar surgery
Aim: To evaluate the efficacy and post operative effect of Dexamethasone to decreases the swelling and trismus after surgical extraction of mandibular 3rd molars.
Material and method: In this study 294 adult patients underwent surgical extraction lower third molar under local anesthesia at OMFS dept of Update dental college for last 2 years. These patients were divided into two groups. Group-A patients were given post operative orally steroids. Group-B Patients were not given any steroids at the end of the surgical procedure. Evaluation of pain, trismus, swelling preoperatively, 3rd and at 7th days post operative day.
Result: On 7th post-operative day, those who received dexamethasone orally showed better results such as greater reduction of pain, trismus and swelling in compared to those who didn’t receive dexamethasone.
Conclusion: This study concludes that, administration of dexamethasone is more effective after surgical extraction to reduce unfavorable swelling, trismus which improves and enhance patients comfort and facial appearance in shorter duration.
Keywords: Dexamethasone, Impacted 3rd molars, Swelling, Trismus, Post-operative.
Citation: Ashik Abdullah Imon, Mahmuda Akhter, Parmina D Costa, Farah Sabrina and Nayma Haque. “Comparative study for effectiveness of oral dexamethasone for assessment of pain, swelling and trismus following impacted 3rd molar surgery”. SVOA Dentistry 2:1(2021) pages 20-24.
