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Definition:
Dry socket is a well recognized painful complication of Dental Extractions which is localized Osteitis, in which the blood clot disintegrates exposing an infected necrotic socket wall.
Synonyms:

Alveolitis sicca dolarsa
Localized alveolar Osteitis
Fibrinolytic Osteitis

Pathophysiology:
Alveolar Osteitis is a condition in which the blood clot disintegrates, leaving the socket bare of granulation tissue.
Causes for Clot Disintegration and Development of Dry [...]

DARK-FIELD MICROSCOPY: A technique utilizing a microscope modified by a special condenser that allows light to enter only peripherally so that objects such as microorganisms are obliquely illuminated and glow against a dark background.
DEBRIDEMENT: The removal of inflamed, devitalized, or contaminated tissue or foreign material from or adjacent to a lesion.
DEBRIS: An accumulation of foreign [...]

FACE-BOW: A device used to record the positional relationship of the maxillary arch to the temporomandibular joints and to orient dental casts in this same relationship to the opening axis of an articulator.
FACET: A flattened or worn spot on the surface of a hard body, as on a bone or a tooth.
FACTITIOUS: I. Pertaining to [...]

ECCENTRIC RELATION, ECCENTRIC POSITION:
See: Occlusion, Eccentric.
ECCHYMOSIS: An extravasation of blood into subcutaneous tissue or mucosa.
ECOLOGY: The study of the relationships of organisms with other organisms and their environment.
ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA: See: Dysplasia, Ectodermal.
EC TOPIC: Occurring in an unusual position, manner, or form, as in ectopic eruption.
EDEMA: An abnormal swelling resulting from an accumulation of fluid in [...]

CALCIFY: See: Mineralize.
CALCULUS, DENTAL (Tartar ): A hard concretion that forms on teeth or dental prostheses through calcification of bacterial plaque.
SUBGINGI VAL (Seruminal) C.: Calculus formed apical to the gingival margin; often brown or black, hard, and tenacious.
SUPRAGINGI VAL (Salivary) C.: Calculus formed coronal to the gingival margin; usually formed more recently than subgingival calculus.
CAMPYLOBACTER [...]