If you've ever had a tooth pulled, your dentist likely cautioned you about the risk of dry socket—a painful condition where nerves and bone can become exposed shortly after the procedure. This ailment ...

Inserting gauze coated with an antibiotic-corticosteroid ointment into a wisdom tooth extraction site may control dry socket, infection, and pain. The findings come from a study published earlier this ...

Changes in hormone levels may contribute to the pathogenesis of alveolar osteitis, or dry socket, a painful complication of tooth extractions, according to a review published on May 16 in Advances in ...