Use of Corticosteroids in Third Molar Surgery

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2023-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Surgical extraction of retained lower third molars is associated with the development of postoperative complications, including inflammation, trismus and postoperative pain, that lead to a decrease in patients' quality of life. Therefore, the use of drugs is essential to reduce the morbidity associated with surgery, with NSAIDs and corticosteroids being the most commonly used drugs.

• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Universidad de Granada
• Treatments: Dexamethasone; Methylprednisolone; Methylprednisolone Acetate; Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate; Prednisolone; Prednisolone acetate; Prednisolone hemisuccinate; Prednisolone phosphate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients over 18 years of age

• Indication for surgical extraction of a retained lower third molar

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients treated with corticosteroids in the last 3 months

• Patients treated with NSAIDs in the last 7 days

• Patients with hypersensitivity to the drug

• Patients with a medical condition that contraindicates the administration of the drug