Introduction
postoperative pain, dentofacial deformities, swelling, pain, trismus
TRISMUS, HAND SWELLING
Orthognathic surgery is invasive, major and well-established surgical operation which was widely used to correct dentofacial deformities across the globe. The main complaints of the patients after orthognathic surgery are pain, swelling, trismus, social and functional disabilities. Bimaxillary orthognathic surgery procedures are known to cause moderate to severe pain that requires the use of opioids (Preemptive analgesia is one of the most popular subjects of pain management. Preemptive analgesia was first introduced by Crile in 1913 (In order to provide postoperative analgesia in bimaxillary surgery, many drugs and methods are used such as steroids, opioids (The authors hypothesize that preventive administration of dexketoprofen may reduce postoperative pain and swelling in double jaw surgery. The main objective of the research was to assess the effects of preventive intravenous (iv) dexketoprofen trometamol administration on postoperative pain and swelling in orthognathic surgery.