INTRALIGAMENTARY INJECTION OF SLOW-RELEASE METHYLPREDNISOLONE FOR THEPREVENTION OF PAIN AFTER ENDODONTIC TREATMENT

Authors
KAUFMAN E HELING I ROTSTEIN I FRIEDMAN S SION A MOZ C STABHOLTZ A
Citation
E. Kaufman et al., INTRALIGAMENTARY INJECTION OF SLOW-RELEASE METHYLPREDNISOLONE FOR THEPREVENTION OF PAIN AFTER ENDODONTIC TREATMENT, Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology and endodontics, 77(6), 1994, pp. 651-654
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology,Surgery,"Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology and endodontics → ACNP
ISSN journal
10792104
Volume
77
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
651 - 654
Database
ISI
SICI code
1079-2104(1994)77:6<651:IIOSMF>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The intraligamentary injection of a slow-release steroidal, the anti-i nflammatory agent slow-release methylprednisolone (Depomedrol), was co mpared to a placebo and to an active placebo (Mepivacaine) in preventi ng postoperative pain after root canal treatment. The results clearly demonstrated that the tested drug significantly reduced the frequency and intensity of postoperative pain sequelae in the experimental set-u p.