Background: Complications like swelling, trismus, and pain are common after third molar surgery. This study was conducted to evaluate the therapeutic effect of dexamethsone on these complications. Material & Methods: This study was conducted at Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar. Hundred patients with bilateral mandibular impaction were included in this study. One side of the patient last mand...

Background. Complex dental infections can reach distant areas of the alveolar process, invading the secondary fascial spaces. Objectives. This case report aims to show a misdiagnosis of odontogenic infection and a great need for dentist in the hospital environment. Case Report. A male patient presented facial asymmetry and trismus, while the facial CT examination showed a hyperdense mass involv...

In this report, we describe the incidental finding of an oropharyngeal mass in a patient who presented with a chief complaint of temporomandibular pain. The patient was initially evaluated by an otorhinolaryngologist for complaints of headaches, earache, and sinus congestion. Due to worsening headaches and trismus, he was further referred for the management of temporomandibular disorder. The cl...

Surgical extraction of impacted mandibular third molars often result in a wide range of complications such as trismus, pain, swelling and occasionally ecchymosis. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of two flap designs (triangular and envelope flaps) on such consequences.Twenty healthy patients with similarly positioned bilateral impacted mandibular third molars participated in t...