Authors: Kamlesh Kothari Amit Kumar Singh
Publish Date: 2012/05/16
Volume: 12, Issue: 3, Pages: 351-353
Abstract
Postoperative swelling in the maxillofacial region is a common finding especially in the cheek region There is abundance of soft tissue and lack of any anatomical barrier to inhibit the swelling in the cheek region External pressure dressing is the most commonly followed norm along with steroids This protocol usually is insufficient to counter the swelling In our Technical note we are describing a technique of use of intraoral plastic sheet pressure dressing along with the conventional treatment protocol The use of intraoral plastic sheet is a cheap safe readily available in the OR and effective method of compression dressing
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