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Knowledge and Awareness Among Dentist About Different Routes of Administration and Effect of Methylprednisolone After Surgical Extraction Of 3rd Molars - A Questionnaire Survey
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T. SANTHOSH, DINESH PRABU, SANKARI MALAIAPPAN
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Corticosteroids can play a major role in reducing the postoperative sequelae due to 3rd molar extraction. The aim of the study was to evaluate the awareness among dentists on methylprednisolone and different routes of drug administration with the help of a questionnaire. Surgical extraction of impacted 3rd molars is one of the commonly performed dental surgical procedures. But it produces postoperative complications like pain, trismus, swelling. Steroidal and non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs have been widely used to control postoperative sequelae of 3rd molar extraction. There are numerous clinical trials relating corticosteroids both postoperatively and preoperatively in 3rd molar extraction. But this study focuses on awareness among dentists about corticosteroid therapy. Questionnaire consisting of 21 questions was prepared in an online platform using google forms and responses of 100 dental students is received and analysed using SPSS software. All the students attended the study had greater knowledge about methylprednisolone and different routes of drug administration and adverse effects of corticosteroids. Except post graduates, all the dental students were less aware about drug tapering which plays a role while prescribing corticosteroids. In this study we conclude that knowledge and awareness about corticosteroids and different routes of its drug administration is good among dental students from all the years of study of dental students, especially postgraduates showed much better awareness when compared to the students from other years. Further studies required with large sample size in future.
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Corticosteroids; Drug tapering; Methylprednisolone; Pain; Swelling; Trismus.
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.SP2.417
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