To try and suppress the occurrence of dry socket and postsurgical pain and infection, the gauze technique was used in 286 patients after they underwent mandibular third-molar extractions. Using this ...

Unfortunately, a dry socket can't be remedied at home. Because it's a result of your body trying to heal, treatment is typically only for pain management, explains Dr. Hoang.

Dry socket is the common name for alveolar osteitis, inflammation within an empty tooth socket. To prevent it after a tooth extraction, people should avoid smoking, alcohol, and suction. In this ...

Inserting gauze coated with an antibiotic-corticosteroid ointment into a wisdom tooth extraction site may control dry socket, infection, and pain, according to a study published earlier this month in ...