Q: I have worked in dentistry all my adult life. One dentist I worked for instructed patients after extractions to bite on a wet tea bag if bleeding continued. He told them to use a plain old Lipton ...

Dental extraction is performed frequently and can be accompanied by perioperative or postoperative complications. Bleeding is among the most common and important issues to consider in the ...

Dry socket is the common name for alveolar osteitis, inflammation within an empty tooth socket. To prevent it after a tooth extraction, people should avoid smoking, alcohol, and suction. In this ...

If you've ever had a tooth pulled, your dentist likely cautioned you about the risk of dry socket-a painful condition where nerves and bone can become exposed shortly after the procedure. This ailment ...

A selection of abstracts of clinically relevant papers from other journals. The abstracts on this page have been chosen and edited by Dr Trevor Watts. In a cohort of patients with INR up to 4.0, there ...