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A dry socket is a layman's term for alveolar osteitis. This refers to inflammation of the alveolar bone following extraction of the tooth. It occurs when the blood clot within the healing tooth extraction site is disrupted. ...read more from Wikipedia

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Last update: Jul. 30, 2008

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