Background: A surgical trauma in the oral cavity always causes tissue injury characterized by hyperemia, vasodilatation, increased capillary permeability with liquid accumulation in the interstitial space and granulocyte and monocyte migration, due to the increased osmotic pressure in capillaries Hence; we planned the present study to assess and compare the efficacy of two different dosages of dexamethasone, administered as one dose in the preoperative of the surgical third molar surgery. Materials & Methods: The present study included evaluation and comparison the efficacy of two different dosages of dexamethasone, administered as one dose in the preoperative of the surgical third molar surgery. A total of 20 patients undergoing extraction of mandibular third molar were included in the present study and were broadly divided into two study groups; Group A- included subjects that were administered 4 mg of preoperative single dose dexamethasone, and Group B- included subjects that administered 8 mg of preoperative single dose dexamethasone. Evaluation of postoperative pain, trismus and swelling was done. All the results were analyzed by SPSS software.  Results: We didn’t observe any significant difference while comparing the amount of anesthesia produced in the two study groups. Significant difference was obtained while comparing the diminishing of inter-incisal distance in the postoperative period in between the two study groups. Conclusion: In controlling trismus and welling, 8 mg of dexamethasone was statistically more efficient.
Key words: Dexamethasone, Molar, Swelling

Received: 15 April, 2018                               Revised: 18 April, 2018                         Accepted: 10 May, 2018

Corresponding Author: Dr. Peyush Pratap Singh, PG student, Department of oral surgery, Maharana Pratap College of Dentistry & Research Centre, Gwalior, MP.

This article may be cited as: Singh PP, Singh A, Jaggi N, Purohit N, Bhatele S, Sharma D. Assessment of efficacy of two different dosages of Dexamethasone to control postoperative swelling, trismus and pain after the surgical extraction of mandibular third molars: A comparative study. Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2018; 4(3):23-25.