Disease relevance of Dry Socket

• Amoxicillin was the most frequently prescribed antibiotic used for most clinical conditions apart from pericoronitis, acute ulcerative gingivitis and dry sockets where metronidazole was the drug of choice [1].

High impact information on Dry Socket

• The most common adverse events irrespective of treatment (parecoxib, ketorolac or placebo) after dental surgery were nausea, alveolar osteitis, dizziness and headache [2].
• Two patients developed fibrinolysis of the blood clot (dry socket) after receiving ibuprofen while none did this after paracetamol treatment [3].
• In the diflunisal group of 30 patients, 10 (33%) developed 'dry socket' or alveolitis sicca dolorosa [4].
• Chlorhexidine (CHX) mouthwash is a good prophylactic agent for postextraction alveolar osteitis (AO), a very common complication [5].
• The prevention of 'dry socket' with topical metronidazole in general dental practice [6].

Chemical compound and disease context of Dry Socket

• Prevention of alveolar osteitis with chlorhexidine: a meta-analytic review [7].
• Does metronidazole prevent alveolitis sicca dolorosa? A double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study [8].
• The incidence of dry socket in untreated control and in non-clindamycin antibiotic-treated patients varied from 15 to 31 percent, while in those patients receiving clindamycin, the incidence was 0.65 percent [9].
• Prevention of alveolar osteitis by tetracycline [10].
• Evaluation of topical viscous 2% lidocaine jelly as an adjunct during the management of alveolar osteitis [11].

Anatomical context of Dry Socket

• Effect of chlorhexidine rinse on the incidence of dry socket in impacted mandibular third molar extraction sites [12].

Gene context of Dry Socket

• Investigation of dressings designed for treatment of alveolitis sicca dolorosa. Part 4: Analysis of the mechanism of liberation of drugs from dressings in vivo [13].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Dry Socket

• An evaluation of 9-aminoacridine/Gelfoam to reduce dry socket formation [14].
• In most subgroups analyzed, chlorhexidine was associated with at least a 50% reduction in alveolar osteitis compared with control groups [15].

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