文档介绍：The management of dry socket alveolar osteitisItem typeArticleAuthorsBowe, Dr Denise CPublisherIrish Dental AssociationJournalJournal of Irish Dental AssociationDownloaded16-Jan-2016 11:52:10Link to itemhttp://hdl./10147/236012Peer-reviewedJOURNAL OF THE IRISH DENTAL ASSOCIATIONDecember 2011/January 2012VOLUME 57 (6) : 305Dr Denise C. BoweHouse OfficerDublin Dental School and HospitalDr Seamus RogersSpecialist Registrar in Oral SurgeryDublin Dental School and HospitalProf Leo . StassenDept of Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryDublin Dental School and HospitalAddress for correspondence:Prof. Leo . StassenDept of Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryDublin Dental School and HospitalLincoln PlaceDublin 2Email: leo.******@ management of dry socket/alveolar osteitisAbstractDry socket/alveolar osteitis is a very debilitating, severely painfulbut plication following dental extractions. Itsincidence is approximately 3% for all routine extractions and canreach over 30% for impacted mandibular third number of methods have been suggested in the literature as tohow this condition may be prevented and managed. Most of thesesuggestions are empirical and not evidence paper is a review of the literature on dry socket. The results ofan audit carried out in the Dublin Dental School and Hospital arealso presented and a suggestion is made as to how best this painful