PubMed · 12653246
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W L Adeyemo. 2003. Re: critical review on dry socket.. https://doi.org/10.1054/ijom.2002.0358
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The most common complications of oral surgery include bleeding, pain, swelling, infection, dry socket, and fracture. Bleeding can be controlled by applying gauze pressure to the area or through the use of hemostatic agents. A dry socket should have a dressing with eugenol applied, whereas a prescription for antibiotics or analgesics can take care of some of the other problems. Patients with fractures should be referred to a dentist or oral surgeon for treatment.
Disturbed healing of a dental extraction wound can cause severe pain and can jeopardize attempts at dental implants or other treatments. The pathogenesis of disturbed healing was studied by histological examination of 221 postoperative biopsies taken for diagnostic purposes from human extraction wounds at different stages of healing. A relationship was observed between the healing stages and different disturbances such as dry socket, suppurative osteitis, necrotizing osteitis, and fibrous healing.