BACKGROUND Patients with oral cancer can develop restricted mouth opening (trismus) because of the oncologic treatment. METHODS Maximum mouth opening (MMO) was measured in 143 patients shortly before treatment and 0, 6, and 12 months posttreatment, and the results were analyzed using a linear mixed-effects model. RESULTS In every patient, MMO decreased after treatment. The patients who unde...

OBJECTIVES Endotracheal intubation (ETI) is considered the gold standard for protecting the airway. Alternative devices for airway protection have been developed that can be used by untrained personnel, by those with less experience, and for when ETI is not possible. The main goals of our study were to evaluate the success rate and speed of insertion of different supraglottic airway devices and...

Aim To assess prevention and reduction of trismus after surgically extracted impacted mandibular third molars with individual and combined therapy with corticosteroids and anti-inflammatory analgesics. Methods The research included 60 randomly selected patients (3 groups) attended to the Dental Oral Surgery of the Public Institution Healthcare Center Zenica during the period January-December 20...

OBJECTIVE To compare the three non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDs) Diclofenac potassium, Etodolac and Naproxen sodium in relation to pain, swelling and trismus following impacted third molar surgery. STUDY DESIGN The study was a randomized and a double-blinded study which included 42 healthy young individuals with impacted third molars and bone retention. Patients were randomly as...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of pre-operative submucosal dexamethasone injection on postoperative swelling and trismus following surgical extraction of mandibular third molar. STUDY DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry (AFID), Rawalpindi, from October 2009 to March 2010. METH...