Medical treatment of post-dental extraction peripheral painful traumatic trigeminal neuropathy

Quintessence Int. 2013 Oct;44(9):703-6. doi: 10.3290/j.qi.a29791.

Abstract

Pain arising from surgical procedures that damage the inferior alveolar nerve typically responds poorly to classic therapies. The present case reports the successful medical treatment of this problem with a 10-day course of a corticosteroid and a concomitant 30-day course of an anticonvulsant.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use*
  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mandible
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
  • Postoperative Complications / drug therapy*
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use*
  • Pregabalin
  • Radiography, Panoramic
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tooth Extraction*
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia / diagnosis*
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia / drug therapy*
  • gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / analogs & derivatives*
  • gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Anticonvulsants
  • Pregabalin
  • gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
  • Prednisone