What is dry socket ? What is dry socket?

The most common cause is an infection at the extraction wound, which is medically known as "dry socket". Dry socket is caused by the fact that the blood clot in the wound is not formed after tooth extraction, or because the patient does not pay attention to the protection of the wound after tooth extraction, the blood clot that has formed in the wound is destroyed, so that the bacteria in the oral cavity enter the alveolar fossa, causing infection; or the remaining inflamed granulation tissue in the wound has not been removed; or there is too much protrusion of the bony tip in the wound; Rarely, it may also be that the tooth extraction is not disinfected strictly, resulting in bacterial infection of the tooth extraction wound. All of these conditions can cause the tooth extraction wound to not heal for a long time.

The most obvious symptom of dry socket is severe pain in the wound and a putrid stench in the mouth, and patients often come to the hospital because they cannot tolerate the pain. If you have dry socket, you should do it in time** to avoid causing osteomyelitis of the jaw. The ** of dry socket is mainly treated locally, using a curette to gently remove the necrotic tissue in the tooth socket, and then using a filler with antibiotics and clove oil to fill the socket, which can achieve pain relief, can also reduce inflammation, and promote the growth of new granulation tissue.

In the case of dry socket, it is often necessary to irrigate the wound and change the dressing several times, and the patient should be patient. At the same time, attention should also be paid to the cleanliness of the oral cavity to promote early healing of the wound.

Dry socket is an acute stain caused by tooth extraction. If severe pain occurs after 2 to 3 days after tooth extraction, and the pain radiates to the ear temporal, submandibular area, or the top of the head, which is not relieved with ordinary pain medications, dry socket may occur.

Dry socket is another type of tooth extraction trauma, which is more common in mandibular posterior teeth, especially after mandibular impacted third molar extraction, the incidence is as follows: mandibular third molar, mandibular first molar, mandibular second molar, other teeth are rare, and the incidence of anterior teeth is the lowest. Under normal circumstances, even if the flap is deboned and extracted, the pain of the wound will gradually disappear after 2 to 3 days.

Clinical examination of the alveolar fossa is empty, or there is a blood clot that has degenerated and degenerated, and it is grayish-white. The broken object covered in the alveolar fossa wall has a foul smell, and the bone surface can be directly touched with a probe and there is sharp pain. There is no obvious swelling in the maxillofacial area, no obvious restriction on mouth opening, and lymphadenopathy and tenderness under the mandible.

As the name suggests, dry socket is an empty tooth extraction socket, but the mechanism of occurrence is not clear. Compared with the rare cases in large and medium-sized cities, the patient's manifestation is unbearable severe pain of tooth extraction, and what the doctor needs to do is to completely scratch the tooth extraction wound under anesthesia and refill the tooth extraction wound with blood.