Title: Dry socket, prevention and management

Biography:

Sumit Kumar Panchal has a BDS from D.J Dental College, India. He has been practising general dentistry since 2013 in New Delhi and was a consultant dental surgeon from 2013 to 2015  at Saraswati Hospital, H.R.,  India. One of his articles has been published in Dental Update (Issue vol-12, No- 4, March-April 2014 at page no- 40) in South Asia Edition. he was also invited as a speaker in 4th Asia Pacific Congress & Expo on Dental and Oral Health, July 27-29, 2015 Brisbane, Australia. currently, he is writing a book "Anatomy of dental students". Furthermore, He runs a dental education group on facebook ( Pathway's of dental sciences ).

Abstract

Dry socket is not only one of the most common complications after tooth extraction but also the management of it is a controversy. Numerous great studies have been published from time to time in order to suggest an effective, safe method for its prevention and treatments. “Dry socket” was first described in the literature in 1896 by Crawford. Since then, other terms have been used to refer to these complications, such as alveolar osteitis/AO, alveolitis, localized osteitis, septic socket, necrotic socket,  alveolalgia,  and few more. The term fibrinolytic osteitis is the least used in the literature. “Dry socket”, which is the generic term and “alveolar osteitis”, is more commonly used terms. The occurrence of dry socket is relatively rare, occurring in about 2% of tooth extractions. However, that percentage rises to at least 5-15% when it involves the removal of mandibular impacted third molars. But can be reached up to 30 to 50 % in the same case. Severe throbbing pain within(commonly after three to five days) a few days after tooth extraction is the main complaint of dry socket and not tooth remained in the socket. dry socket is not a true infection it is just delay healing. The signs and symptoms may last from 10 days to 40 days of it. In addition to it, Females are more frequently affected than males. The goals of treatment are relief the pain and prevent bacterial contamination inside the socket or nearby.