Is Therapeutic Elastic Bandage As Effective As Corticosteroids Following Third Molar Surgery?

Inclusion Criteria: * Age between 18-65 years * American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Class 1 physiological status * Consistent radiological and clinical data * Volunteered to participate in the study * Surgical difficulty score above 5 which was determined according to Pederson scale. Exclusion Criteria: * Being out of age range * Analgesic or antibiotic therapy history in last 30 days due to symptoms of related third molar * Smoking cigarette * Any pathology associated with impacted third molar * Active complaints on preoperative examination on the day of surgery * Immunosuppressed or diagnosed with malignancy * Diagnosed chronic diseases such as; Diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension, cerebrovascular event, psychiatric diseases, coagulopathies * Autoimmune diseases * If total operation time exceeds 45 minutes * Patients who could not attend regular follow-up visits * Allergy to the medications prescribed or utilized in study protocol * Inconsistent clinical and radiological data