After a tooth is extracted, a blood clot forms in the socket like a scab. It plugs the hole and protects the exposed bone and nerve endings. When the blood clot is lost, exposed delicate nerve endings ...

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 ...

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 ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - FOX 12’s Stephanie Kralevich speaks with Dr. Nathan Doyel of New Smiles Dentistry to learn about the application of platelet-rich fibrin. Platelet-rich fibrin is a product from ...

Antibiotic prophylaxis may lower the risk of dry socket (DS) and surgical site infection (SSI) following lower third-molar (LM3) extraction, according to a study recently published in the Journal of ...

Portland, Oregon-based hardcore band Dry Socket and Tijuana, Mexico-based punk band Violencia have announced that they will be releasing a split EP. The record features four tracks by Dry Socket and ...