1. Clinical picture and risk
factors of
DRY SOCKET
Olli Saalasti
VM I
2.12.2011

2. Outline
• What is dry socket?
• Signs & symptoms
• Risk factors
• Treatment
• References

3. What is dry socket?
• Dry socket is common complication after tooth
extraction.
• The formation of a dry socket involves a
scenario where the blood clot that forms in the
tooth socket's after the extraction isn't properly
retained

4. Symptoms
Pain
• Discomfort from the healing extraction site
starts to intensify 2 to 5 days after the
extraction was performed.
• The pain can be moderate to severe in
intensity and often has a throbbing component.

5. Symptoms
Appearance.
• The tooth socket will appear to be empty
• The gum tissue around the extraction site is
typically reddend and inflammed.

6. Symptoms
Other signs and symptoms.
•The patient may notice a foul odor or taste
coming from their extraction site.
•Fever is typically not associated with the
presence of a dry socket.

7. Risk factors
• Single extraction
• Smoking
• Surgical extraction

8. Treatment
• infection removing
• Antibiotics
• Painkillers

9. References
Mohammed H. Abu Younis and Ra'ed O. Abu
Hantash
Al Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine
Department of Prosthodontics, Al Quds
University, Jerusalem, Palestine
• http://www.benthamscience.com/open/todentj/a
rticles/V005/7TODENTJ.pdf
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