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What are the main symptoms of osteomyelitis after tooth extraction?
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Pain: Osteomyelitis is the bone infection. Early signs and symptoms are pain , tenderness, swelling and redness at the site of the infection . Also it could be accompanied with fever and chills
Answered 1/26/2014
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Swelling and pain: Osteomyelitis is advanced bone inflammation usually after untreated dry socket following the extraction, it's usually very painfull from the massive infection..
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