Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology
Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryComparative study of the effect of tube drainage versus methylprednisolone after third molar surgery
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Materials and methods
Twenty-two patients requiring extraction of bilaterally impacted mandibular third molars from the School of Dentistry in Istanbul University (12 males, 10 females; age range 20-31 years) were selected to participate in this study. All patients were healthy without significant medical diseases or history of bleeding problems. Pregnant women and patients with signs of pericoronitis were not included in the study.
The patients showed the same degree of surgical difficulty on panoramic radiographs.
Results
Two patients were excluded because they did not return for the second scheduled surgery. Four patients were not included in this study because the difference between the operation times of the 2 sides was more than 5 minutes. Treatment with drainage was performed in right mandibular third molar side and treatment with MP was performed in left mandibular third molar side. All of the patients tolerated the medication well without serious complications or side effects.
Fig. 2 shows maximal mouth
Discussion
Surgical extraction of impacted mandibular third molar is one of the most frequent procedures in oral and maxillofacial surgery and causes considerable postoperative patient discomfort. There are many studies to determine the preventive effect of antiinflammatory and antibacterial drugs on postoperative pain, swelling, and mouth opening following the surgical extraction of impacted mandibular third molars.10, 12, 15
Drains and steroids such as methylprednisolone are widely used in the surgical
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