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1 | What Is a Dry Socket? If you’ve been searching “what is a dry socket”, you are not alone. Clinically termed alveolar osteitis, a dry socket occurs on average 2–5 days after a tooth extraction when the protective blood clot dissolves or is lost. Without that clot, exposed bone and nerve endings are left exposed, causing […]

Wisdom teeth are the last molars (third molars) at the very back of your mouth, usually emerging in the late teens or early twenties. Most people have four wisdom teeth (one in each corner). Often, there isn’t enough room in the jaw for these teeth to come in properly. When a wisdom tooth doesn’t fully […]