dry socket

dry socket
dry socket n a tooth socket in which after tooth extraction a blood clot fails to form or disintegrates without undergoing organization also a condition that is marked by the occurrence of such a socket or sockets and that is usu. accompanied by neuralgic pain but without suppuration

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a painful condition in which the normal healing of a tooth socket has been disturbed. Instead of being filled with a blood clot the socket is empty as a result of a nonspecific infection; treatment is palliative and the condition resolves in 10-14 days.

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a condition sometimes occurring after tooth extraction, particularly after traumatic extraction, resulting in a dry appearance of the exposed bone in the socket, due to disintegration or loss of the blood clot. It is basically a focal osteomyelitis without suppuration and is accompanied by severe pain (alveolalgia) and foul odor. Called also alveolar osteitis and alveolitis sicca dolorosa.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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