After getting a tooth extracted, you might experience pain that can last for some days. Your dentist may suggest you avoid certain practices after your extraction treatment to avoid conditions like a ...

Dry socket, clinically termed alveolar osteitis, is a common complication following tooth extractions, particularly of the mandibular third molars. Its occurrence, characterised by the premature loss ...

Your dentist or oral surgeon will take a number of steps to ensure proper healing of the socket and to prevent dry socket. You'll be instructed on steps you can take to prevent the complication.

If you've recently had a tooth extracted and are now dealing with a throbbing, persistent pain that radiates to your ear or jaw, chances are, you're experiencing what's commonly known as a dry socket.

Inserting gauze coated with an antibiotic-corticosteroid ointment into a wisdom tooth extraction site may control dry socket, infection, and pain. The findings come from a study published earlier this ...

THERE are a number of reasons why your dentist might suggest a tooth extraction, from incoming wisdom teeth to a damaged tooth, or even overcrowding. The extraction should be uneventful, and if you ...

I had my bottom (3rd) molar extracted on 20/08/2012. Dr didnt give me proper after care instructions and it was my first extraction (not my usual dentist), so I got dry tooth socket. I went back on 24 ...