Dry socket

Introduction: Dry socket

Dry socket: Exposure of jaw bone after a tooth extraction. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Dry socket is available below.

Symptoms of Dry socket

• Jaw pain
• Fever
• Swollen gums
• Facial swelling
• Swollen jaw lymph glands

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Dry socket?

• Underlying causes of Dry socket (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Causes of Dry socket

• Tooth extraction
• Wisdom tooth extraction
• Impacted wisdom tooth extraction

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More information about causes of Dry socket:

• Underlying causes of Dry socket

Treatments for Dry socket

• Socket irrigation
• Topical anti-inflammatory drugs
• Antibiotics
• Pain relief

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Prognosis for Dry socket

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Reseach about Dry socket

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Clinical Trials for Dry socket

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Dry socket include:

• Antibiotic Efficacy in Third Molar Surgery - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - IV Preoperative antibiotic or placebo

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Definitions of Dry socket:

A condition sometimes occurring 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. (Dorland, 28th ed) - (Source - Diseases Database)

Inflammation in the socket of a tooth; sometimes occurs after a tooth is extracted and a blood clot fails to form - (Source - WordNet 2.1)