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  2. Alveolar osteitis - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Healing of periapical lesions - Wikipedia

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    Tooth #5, the upper right second premolar, after extraction. The two single-headed arrows point to the CEJ, which is the line separating the crown (in this case, heavily decayed) and the roots. The double headed arrow (bottom right) shows the extent of the abscess that surrounds the apex of the palatal root.

  4. Pericoronitis - Wikipedia

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    Pericoronitis is inflammation of the soft tissues surrounding the crown of a partially erupted tooth, [1] including the gingiva (gums) and the dental follicle. [2] The soft tissue covering a partially erupted tooth is known as an operculum, an area which can be difficult to access with normal oral hygiene methods.

  5. Dental extraction - Wikipedia

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    Extraction of the wrong tooth: Misdiagnosis, altered tooth morphology, faulty clinical examination, poor patient history, undetected/unmentioned previous extractions that may predispose the operator to consider another tooth to be a replicate of the one previously extracted are a few causes of extraction of a wrong tooth.

  6. Dental abscess - Wikipedia

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    Dental abscess; Other names: Dentoalveolar abscess, Periapical abscess, tooth abscess, root abscess: A decayed, broken down tooth, which has undergone pulpal necrosis.A periapical abscess (i.e. around the apex of the tooth root) has then formed and pus is draining into the mouth via an intraoral sinus ().

  7. Coronectomy - Wikipedia

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    Patients undergoing coronectomy are anticipated to experience easier recovery from IAN deficits compared to those undergoing extractions. Limited studies indicate a 100% recovery rate in coronectomy patients, whereas only 66% of patients undergoing extraction recover within one month. 62.2% of the roots will migrate post-coronectomy, erupting ...

  8. What is parosmia? COVID long-haulers speak out about the ...

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    COVID long-haulers speak out about the strange symptom making everything they eat taste and smell like ‘garbage’ Kaitlin Reilly December 13, 2021 at 11:00 AM

  9. Phoenix abscess - Wikipedia

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    Further endodontic treatment, antibiotics and analgesics, debridement, extraction, bite adjustment A phoenix abscess is an acute exacerbation of a chronic periapical lesion. It is a dental abscess that can occur immediately following root canal treatment .