Dry Socket Etiology, Diagnosis, and Clinical Treatment Techniques
- 대한구강악안면외과학회
- 대한구강악안면외과학회지
- 대한구강악안면외과학회지 제44권 제2호
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2018.0452 - 58 (7 pages)
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Dry socket, also termed fibrinolytic osteitis or alveolar osteitis, is a complication of tooth exodontia. A dry socket lesion is a post-extraction socket that exhibits exposed bone that is not covered by a blood clot or healing epithelium and exists inside or around the perimeter of the socket or alveolus for days after the extraction procedure. This article describes dry socket lesions; reviews the basic clinical techniques of treating different manifestations of dry socket lesions; and shows how microscope level loupe magnification of 6× to 8× or greater, combined with co-axial illumination or a dental operating microscope, facilitate more precise treatment of dry socket lesions. The author examines the scientific validity of the proposed causes of dry socket lesions (such as bacteria, inflammation, fibrinolysis, or traumatic extractions) and the scientific validity of different terminologies used to describe dry socket lesions. This article also presents an alternative model of what causes dry socket lesions, based on evidence from dental literature. Although the clinical techniques for treating dry socket lesions seem empirically correct, more evidence is required to determine the causes of dry socket lesions.
Abstract
I. Introduction and Definition of Dry Socket Lesions
II. Treatment of Different Manifestations of Dry Socket Lesions
III. Proposed Causes of Dry Socket Lesions
IV. Proposed Model of Dry Socket Lesion Pathogenesis
V. Evidence for the Model of Dry Socket Lesion Pathogenesis
VI. Scenarios That Result in High Stress Extractions
VII. Conclusion
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