Dry socket, clinically called alveolar osteitis, is a healing complication that occurs after tooth extraction, often with ...

Getting a tooth pulled carries a risk of experiencing a dry socket, also known as alveolar osteitis. Usually, the socket—the hole in the bone where the tooth was pulled—is covered by a ...

partial or totally disintegrated blood clot within the alveolar socket with or without halitosis. Intervention. All patients in the intervention group received CHX gel (0.2% or 1%) while the ...