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A condition sometimes occurring after tooth extraction, particularly after traumatic extraction, resulting in a dry appearance of the exposed bone in the socket, due to disintegration or loss of the blood clot. It is basically a focal osteomyelitis without suppuration and is accompanied by severe pain (alveolalgia) and foul odor. (Dorland, 28th ed)
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- Alveolar Osteitis
- Alveolar Periostitis
- Alveolitis Sicca Dolorosa
- Osteitis, Alveolar
- Periostitis, Alveolar
- Alveolar Osteitides
- Alveolar Periostitides
- Dry Sockets
- Osteitides, Alveolar
- Periostitides, Alveolar
- Socket, Dry
- Sockets, Dry
- Alveolalgia
- Alveolalgias
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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note category: after surg or traumatic tooth extraction
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Dry Socket. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004368. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004368
- Dry Socket. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_osteitis
- Dry Socket. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q448753