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What is the treatment for dry socket?
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Dry socket: Is painful complication following tooth extraction. Helpful home remedy for pain is clove oil.
Answered 10/3/2016
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A medicated dressing: A dry socket will present as intense/increasing pain typically 48 hours after a tooth extraction. It is caused by exposed bone in an area that has lost it's blood clot. Treatment is to have a medicated dressing placed into the affected area. Antibiotics will not help a dry socket.
Answered 8/2/2018
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