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 ...

According to the American Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, complications from tooth extractions occur in roughly 2-5% of cases — yet most of these complications stem from preventable aftercare ...

Changes in hormone levels may contribute to the pathogenesis of alveolar osteitis, or dry socket, a painful complication of tooth extractions, according to a review published on May 16 in Advances in ...