Dry socket, clinically called alveolar osteitis, is a healing complication that occurs after tooth extraction, often with ...

Getting a tooth pulled carries a risk of experiencing a dry socket, also known as alveolar osteitis. Usually, the socket—the hole in the bone where the tooth was pulled—is covered by a ...

Hyderabad: A team of researchers from King’s College London and Imperial College London has made major progress in the ...

Previous studies found the incidence of dry socket was highest in the third and ... This might be due to the presence of well-developed alveolar bone and the relative infrequency of periodontal ...