Journal title
عنوان نشریه
Journal of Dentomaxillofacial
Literature & Humanities
http://3dj.gums.ac.ir
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doi
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jalali
1397
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gregorian
2018
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Corticosteroids Indications in Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases: Side Effects, Dosage, and Administration
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>Introduction: </strong>Corticosteroid drugs are used to treat many lesions as well as inflammatory and immune-related diseases because of their suppression effect on the immune system and resulting anti-inflammatory reaction. This study aimed to evaluate the use of corticosteroids in oral and maxillofacial diseases as well as their side effects, dosage, and administration.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>Materials and Methods: </strong>This study was a review study by searching the databases of PubMed, Google Scholar, and Scopus. Articles, published from 2000 to 2018, with the keywords of “steroids”, “mouth”, “oral”, “maxillofacial”, “indication”, “side effects”, and “contraindications” were found and investigated.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>Conclusion:</strong> These drugs, due to their possible adverse effects like adrenal insufficiency, should be prescribed with caution after an assessment of its risk-reward ratio. Moreover, their nutritional recommendation, discontinuation, and complications should be considered.</span></div>
Steroids, Oral medicine, Adrenal insufficiency
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http://3dj.gums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-134-4&slc_lang=fa&sid=1
Maryam
Basirat
0000-0003-1671-7279
No
Assistant Professor, Medical Education Research Center, Dental Sciences Research Center, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Seyed Javad
Kia
No
Associate Professor, Dental Sciences Research Center, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Safa
Motevasseli
No
Assistant Professor, Dental Sciences Research Center, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Zahra
Dadvar
Yes
Dentist, Rasht, Iran.