The Effect of Dexamethasone in Reducing Pain and Swelling after Oral Surgical Interventions

Bajrami, Muhamet and Koneski, Filip and Markovska Arsovska, Mirjana and Stojanova, Irena and Gjorgjievski, Pavle (2023) The Effect of Dexamethasone in Reducing Pain and Swelling after Oral Surgical Interventions. Journal of morfological scienses, 6 (1). pp. 156-162. ISSN 2545-4706

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Abstract

In case of tissue injury that leads to inflammation.Symptoms
of inflammation can be prevented by careful and atraumatic workup and by anti-inflammatory drugs. Dexamethasone as an antiinflammatory drug is very often used because of its higher potency, low sodium retention ability and longer half-life.
The aim of the paper is to determine the impact of dexamethasone depending on the method ofapplication on
postoperative morbidity after surgical extraction of impacted third molars. Interventions were performed in third molars, after which ampoules of Dexamethasone 4mg
wereadministered as ananti-inflammatory drug. In all studied
groups, a statistically significant difference in the degree of pain between the two time intervals was found for p<0.05, i.e. pain was significantly lower on the seventhpostoperative day compared to the first postoperative d ay in all groups. In all studied groups, a statistically significant difference in the degree of swelling between the
two time intervals was found for p<0.05, i.e. swelling was significantly lower on the seventh postoperative day compared to the first postoperative day in all
groups.Locally applied dexamethasone immediately after surgical intervention has a positive effect in reducing swelling and pain in the first postoperative days, resulting in faster healing of the surgical wound, and thus faster recovery of the patient's comfort.
Keywords: Anti-inflammatory drug, Dexamethasone, swelling, pain

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Medical and Health Sciences > Basic medicine Medical and Health Sciences > Clinical medicine Medical and Health Sciences > Health biotechnology Medical and Health Sciences > Health sciences Medical and Health Sciences > Other medical sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Medical Science
Depositing User:	Mirjana Markovska Arsovska
Date Deposited:	04 Dec 2023 11:30
Last Modified:	04 Dec 2023 11:30
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/32747

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