Peninsula Oral and Facial Surgery

Tooth extractions, particularly wisdom teeth extractions, are common dental procedures. It's critical, however, to know the possibility of complications, including dry socket, and the purpose of procedures like dental bone graft surgery for maintaining oral health.  Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Dry Socket After Wisdom Teeth Removal Dry socket — also called alveolar osteitis — is an extremely painful condition that can occur after a tooth has been extracted.  Typically, a blood clot is formed at the extracted site which serves as a covering over the exposed nerve endings and bone. Dry socket is what happens when this blood clot doesn’t form — or when it gets pushed out of the area — exposing the bone and nerves. That exposure can lead to severe pain that can radiate to the ear, eye or neck on the same side of the face. Other symptoms may be bad breath and a horrible taste in the mouth.   Some risk factors for dry socket wisdom teeth extraction are: Smoking, for instance, can ...