Exodontia complications: dry socket, fracture, displacement
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery · Dental (BDS)
Study notes
Severe pain starts 3 days after a lower molar extraction, with bad taste but no swelling. What is it? Dry socket (alveolar osteitis) - the blood clot dislodged or dissolved, leaving bone exposed; pain peaks day 2-4, worse than the extraction itself. Management under supervision: gentle irrigation, medicated dressing, pain control - and prevention teaching: no smoking, no vigorous rinsing, atraumatic technique. Students learn dry socket as the commonest post-extraction emergency and largely preventable.
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