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Socket preservation or alveolar ridge preservation is a procedure to reduce bone loss after tooth extraction. [1] [2] After tooth extraction, the jaw bone has a natural tendency to become narrow, and lose its original shape because the bone quickly resorbs, resulting in 30–60% loss in bone volume in the first six months. [3]
The following can be recommended to encourage healing after a tooth extraction. Avoid exploration of the tooth socket with the tongue, a finger or toothbrush - otherwise this might disturb clot formation; Avoid rinsing mouth for 24 hours to prevent dislodging the blood clot. [2]
After tooth extraction, the residual crest irregularities, undercuts or bone spicules should be removed, because they may result in an obstruction in placing a prosthetic restorative appliance. Recontouring can be made at the time of extraction or at a later time.
Building up bone around implants placed in tooth sockets after tooth extraction; Socket preservation for future implantation of false teeth or prosthetics; Sinus Lift Elevation prior to implant placement; Filling of bone after removing the root of a tooth, cystectomy or the removal of impacted teeth
The most common location of dry socket: in the socket of an extracted mandibular third molar (wisdom tooth). Since alveolar osteitis is not primarily an infection, there is not usually any pyrexia (fever) or cervical lymphadenitis (swollen glands in the neck), and only minimal edema (swelling) and erythema (redness) is present in the soft tissues surrounding the socket.
After extraction of a tooth, the clot in the alveolus fills in with immature bone, which later is remodeled into mature secondary bone. Disturbance of the blood clot can cause alveolar osteitis, commonly referred to as "dry socket". With the partial or total loss of teeth, the alveolar process undergoes resorption.
Exposed bone after extraction, pain: Complications: Osteomyelitis of the jaw: Usual onset: After dental extractions: Duration: Variable: Types: Stage 1-Stage 3: Causes: Medications related to cancer therapy, and osteoporosis in combination with dental surgery: Risk factors: Duration of anti-resorptive or anti-angiogenic drugs, intravenous vs by ...
An oroantral fistula (OAF) is an epithelialized oroantral communication (OAC), which refers to an abnormal connection between the oral cavity and the antrum. [1] The creation of an OAC is most commonly due to the extraction of a maxillary tooth (typically a maxillary first molar) which is closely related to the antral floor.