Dry socket is a condition which affects millions of patients around the world who undergo tooth extraction. This painful event can be avoided in majoirty of cases by proper understanding. It will then save unnecessary agony to patients and loss of countless hours of dentist's practice in dealing with it. We have compliled this section in the hope of achieving this goal.
This condition occurs after tooth extraction, particularly after traumatic extraction, resulting in a dry appearance of the exposed bone in the socket, due to disintegration or loss of the blood clot. It is basically a focal osteomyelitis without suppuration and is accompanied by severe pain (alveolalgia) and foul odor. It is also called alveolar osteitis and alveolitis sicca dolorosa. (Dorland, 27th Ed)
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