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[Glucocorticoids in dental surgery and maxillofacial surgery]. 1978

L Tischendorf, and C Zacher

Indications for the use of glucocorticoids in surgical stomatology are: 1. emergencies, 2. bullous and allergic diseases of the oral mucosa and therapy-resistant cases of chronic recurrent aphthae, erosive lichen planus and sialoses (for systemic therapy), 3. therapy-resistant temporomandibular complaints and hyperplastic tissue responses and, in combination with an antibiotic, diseases of the maxillary sinus (for local therapy). Preliminary clinical examination, case controls at short intervals, and circadian or alternating prescription will help to reduce undesirable side-effects. In patients receiving sustained glucocorticoid therapy, dental-surgical procedures require special consideration of the change in reactivity.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008446	Maxillofacial Injuries	General or unspecified injuries involving the face and jaw (either upper, lower, or both).	Injuries, Maxillofacial,Injury, Maxillofacial,Maxillofacial Injury
D009059	Mouth Diseases	Diseases involving the MOUTH.	Disease, Mouth,Diseases, Mouth,Mouth Disease
D005938	Glucocorticoids	A group of CORTICOSTEROIDS that affect carbohydrate metabolism (GLUCONEOGENESIS, liver glycogen deposition, elevation of BLOOD SUGAR), inhibit ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE secretion, and possess pronounced anti-inflammatory activity. They also play a role in fat and protein metabolism, maintenance of arterial blood pressure, alteration of the connective tissue response to injury, reduction in the number of circulating lymphocytes, and functioning of the central nervous system.	Glucocorticoid,Glucocorticoid Effect,Glucorticoid Effects,Effect, Glucocorticoid,Effects, Glucorticoid
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012306	Risk	The probability that an event will occur. It encompasses a variety of measures of the probability of a generally unfavorable outcome.	Relative Risk,Relative Risks,Risk, Relative,Risks,Risks, Relative
D013280	Stomatitis	INFLAMMATION of the soft tissues of the MOUTH, such as MUCOSA; PALATE; GINGIVA; and LIP.	Oral Mucositis,Mucositis, Oral,Oromucositis,Mucositides, Oral,Oral Mucositides,Oromucositides,Stomatitides
D013515	Surgery, Oral	A dental specialty concerned with the diagnosis and surgical treatment of disease, injuries, and defects of the human oral and maxillofacial region.	Exodontics,Surgery, Maxillofacial,Maxillofacial Surgery,Oral Surgery