Journal of the American Dental Association, Vol 93, Issue 2, 325-327
Copyright © 1976 by American Dental Association
Double-blind study of prednisolone and papase as inhibitors of complications after oral surgery
F Caci
and
GM Gluck
Both prednisolone and papase are effective in reducing the oral surgical sequelae of trismus and pain, although prednisolone apparently is the more potent drug. The countervailing case for the routine use of prednisolone includes the relatively serious complications produced in some patients.