Preventing postoperative swelling after periodontal surgery

Postoperative swelling following different surgical strategies is an area of great interest. The main part of the literature on the topic deals with swelling after periodontal surgery. In this review, we take into account different surgical strategies used including various flaps, no traumatic osteo...

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Main Authors: Jaisika Rajpal, Aakash Arora, Ruchika Prasad, Madhav Mukund Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Oral Research and Review
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Online Access:http://www.jorr.org/article.asp?issn=2249-4987;year=2015;volume=7;issue=1;spage=31;epage=34;aulast=Rajpal
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description Postoperative swelling following different surgical strategies is an area of great interest. The main part of the literature on the topic deals with swelling after periodontal surgery. In this review, we take into account different surgical strategies used including various flaps, no traumatic osteotomy, and primary or secondary closure. The use of pharmacological therapy and application of an ice pack is critical in the postoperative period and has always provided positive results. However, even if it is difficult to come to definite conclusions, due to the variability of the design of studies analyzed, the postoperative discomfort identified with edema, pain and trismus following wisdom tooth removal is influenced by various factors such as the difficulty of the surgical procedure involved, age and gender of the patient, and experience of the surgeon. The pharmacological therapy when performed with corticosteroids seems to improve control of the postoperative swelling related to this kind of surgeries.
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spelling doaj.art-be655b47a0664a87959f8dee91869cbf2022-12-22T02:46:05ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Oral Research and Review2249-49872394-25412015-01-0171313410.4103/2249-4987.160193Preventing postoperative swelling after periodontal surgeryJaisika RajpalAakash AroraRuchika PrasadMadhav Mukund GuptaPostoperative swelling following different surgical strategies is an area of great interest. The main part of the literature on the topic deals with swelling after periodontal surgery. In this review, we take into account different surgical strategies used including various flaps, no traumatic osteotomy, and primary or secondary closure. The use of pharmacological therapy and application of an ice pack is critical in the postoperative period and has always provided positive results. However, even if it is difficult to come to definite conclusions, due to the variability of the design of studies analyzed, the postoperative discomfort identified with edema, pain and trismus following wisdom tooth removal is influenced by various factors such as the difficulty of the surgical procedure involved, age and gender of the patient, and experience of the surgeon. The pharmacological therapy when performed with corticosteroids seems to improve control of the postoperative swelling related to this kind of surgeries.http://www.jorr.org/article.asp?issn=2249-4987;year=2015;volume=7;issue=1;spage=31;epage=34;aulast=RajpalAntibioticscorticosteroidcryotherapypostsurgery swelling
spellingShingle Jaisika Rajpal
Aakash Arora
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Madhav Mukund Gupta
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Journal of Oral Research and Review
Antibiotics
corticosteroid
cryotherapy
postsurgery swelling
title Preventing postoperative swelling after periodontal surgery
title_full Preventing postoperative swelling after periodontal surgery
title_fullStr Preventing postoperative swelling after periodontal surgery
title_full_unstemmed Preventing postoperative swelling after periodontal surgery
title_short Preventing postoperative swelling after periodontal surgery
title_sort preventing postoperative swelling after periodontal surgery
topic Antibiotics
corticosteroid
cryotherapy
postsurgery swelling
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