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How can i tell if i have alveolar osteitis?
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Dry Sockets: A painful inflamed condition at the site of extraction of a tooth that occurs when a blood clot fails to form properly or is dislodgedand could cause by: high level of fibrinolytic activity in and around extraction socket resulting in lysis of the blood clot causing exposure of bone surface.
Answered 10/3/2016
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