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 ...

Antibiotic prophylaxis may lower the risk of dry socket (DS) and surgical site infection (SSI) following lower third-molar (LM3) extraction, according to a study recently published in the Journal of ...