Recovering from a dry socket can be uncomfortable, especially when severe pain develops after a tooth extraction. Dry socket, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Or at least thats what the nurse on the other end of the phone thinks it may be. As some of you know I had my wisdom teeth surgically removed last Friday. Well, sometime in the last day or so my lower ...

The benefit of using the dressing previously known as Alvogyl, and since then reformulated into Alveogyl (Septodont), for dry socket management is well documented and is generally considered ...

Sometimes, a tooth can become so severely damaged or infected that your dentist might discuss a couple of different kinds of treatment plans with you. The first is a root canal, and the other is a ...