@article{f232262ceb2048cfbc391c99d30a67cf,
title = "Controlling postoperative pain after third molar extraction with a dexamethasone and articaine injection: a double-blind randomized controlled trial",
abstract = "Objectives: To evaluate the benefits of submucosal administration of a dexamethasone and articaine mixture on postoperative pain after mandibular third molar extraction. Method and materials: This was a double-blind randomized controlled pilot trial of consecutive patients requiring surgical removal of mandibular third molars. Immediately post extraction, the surgeon administered a submucosal injection. The surgeon was masked to the content of the injection, which contained either a mixture of 10 mg dexamethasone and 68 mg articaine (“study group”) or the same volume of saline only (“control group”). Pain severity was assessed by questionnaire (postoperative symptom severity [PoSSe] scale) 7 days after the procedure. Results: Sixty subjects were enrolled. Patients in the study group had significantly lower PoSSe pain intensity scores than subjects in the control group (P = .004). The combined postoperative PoSSe pain score was significantly lower in the study group than in the control group (P = .016). There was no significant difference in pain duration between the two groups (P = .237). Conclusion: Submucosal injection of dexamethasone/articaine solution after surgical extraction of mandibular third molars is effective in reducing pain intensity. (Quintessence Int 2023;54:24–32; doi: 10.3290/j.qi.b3479957)",
keywords = "articaine, dexamethasone, pain, third molar surgery",
author = "Murad Abdelraziq and Joachim, \{Michael V.\} and Resnick, \{Cory M.\} and Ephraim Winocur and Amir Laviv and El-Naaj, \{Imad Abu\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 Quintessence Publishing Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.",
year = "2023",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.3290/j.qi.b3479957",
language = "אנגלית",
volume = "54",
pages = "24--32",
journal = "Quintessence International",
issn = "0033-6572",
publisher = "Quintessenz Verlags GmbH",
number = "1",
}