Bone Disease

Question 1

Causes or predisposing factors of dry socket :

Answer 1

• curettage after extraction
• some analgesic interfere with blood
• Excessive use of mouth washclot.
• trauma use excess force during extraction • use burs to remove bone.
• Presence some pathological conditions as periapical cyst or granuloma.
• Paget’s bone disease and marble bone disease diabetes and leukemia.

Question 2

• Complications of dry socket

Answer 2

1- osteomyelitis
2- numbness of the lower lip
3- loose of adjacent tooth.

Question 3

Treatment dry socket

Answer 3

• irrigation of socket with saline.

* Zinc oxide and eugenol pack after irrigation.