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The most common location of dry socket: in the socket of an extracted mandibular third molar (wisdom tooth). Since alveolar osteitis is not primarily an infection, there is not usually any pyrexia (fever) or cervical lymphadenitis (swollen glands in the neck), and only minimal edema (swelling) and erythema (redness) is present in the soft tissues surrounding the socket.
Dental intrusion is an apical displacement of the tooth into the alveolar bone.This injury is accompanied by extensive damage to periodontal ligament, cementum, disruption of the neurovascular supply to the pulp, and communication or fracture of the alveolar socket.
The surrounding intraoral anatomical structures should be palpated to identify the presence of bone expansion or displacement of tooth roots as well as crepitus noises during examination, indicating extensive bone damage. Bulging of the buccal or lingual cortical plates [7] may be present. Age of occurrence in the patient, the location of the ...
Teeth in the fracture line of the jaw bone; Teeth which cannot be restored endodontically. [10] [11] Prosthetics; teeth detrimental to the fit or appearance of dentures. [12] Head and neck radiation therapy, to treat and/or manage tumors, may require extraction of teeth, either before or after radiation treatments. Lower cost, compared to other ...
The extraction of symptomatic teeth within exposed, necrotic bone should be considered since it is unlikely that the extraction will exacerbate the established necrotic process. MRONJ Staging Criteria* (>8 weeks) Treatment Strategies** Picture At risk: No apparent necrotic bone in patients who have been treated with either oral or IV ...
Tooth ankylosis refers to a fusion between a tooth and underlying bony support tissues. In some species, this is a normal process that occurs during the formation or maintenance of the dentition. [1] By contrast, in humans tooth ankylosis is pathological, whereby a fusion between alveolar bone and the cementum of a tooth occurs.
Alveolar osteitis is a complication of tooth extraction (especially lower wisdom teeth) in which the blood clot is not formed or is lost, leaving the socket where the tooth used to be empty, and bare bone is exposed to the mouth. [29] The pain is moderate to severe, and dull, aching, and throbbing in character.
Condensing osteitis happens when the bone around the tooth reacts to long-term inflammation. This involves excessive bone growth, leading to the formation of sclerotic bone in the jaw. Ongoing tooth infections, like pulpitis, release chemicals that attract immune cells and activate osteoblasts. Osteoblasts create extra bone in response to ...