If you've ever had a tooth pulled, your dentist likely cautioned you about the risk of dry socket-a painful condition where nerves and bone can become exposed shortly after the procedure. This ...

A dry socket can result if the clot does not form or gets dislodged. Dry socket is relatively rare, occurring in only 0.5% to 5.6% of extractions, usually after wisdom tooth removal.

A 23-year-old woman in São Paulo, Brazil, has died from an infection after a wisdom tooth extraction. The case has been registered as a suspicious death and will be investigated by the Civil Police.

Mouth and throat inflammation after dental extraction may gradually worsen within 2–3 days before it starts to subside on its own.

Dry socket can occur following a tooth extraction when a blood clot at the extraction site dislodges or fails to form. Smoking can cause or worsen the problem.

One dentist I worked for instructed patients after extractions to bite on a wet tea bag if bleeding continued. He told them to use a plain old Lipton tea bag soaked in water and gently squeezed out.

"Long-term chronic inflammation of osteosclerotic changes can lead to osteomyelitis beyond the alveolar bone," Hato and colleagues wrote. The present study focused on wound healing and preoperative ...

A recent randomised placebo-controlled trial demonstrated that the use of a sunflower oil-based ozone gel significantly reduced the incidence of dry socket after inferior third molar extractions ...

Of the patients, TMD occurred in 44 individuals (8%) after tooth extraction. Univariate and logistic analyses revealed that extractions in the mandibular, as well the molars, a deep overbite, and ...