Fibrinolytic alveolitis, since 1896: Contemporary concepts and quandaries: contemporary concepts and quandaries.
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During basic and specialized training, we’re often told that<br/>socket preservation is standard of care. Today, we wonder, is it? If not, why<br/>not? We were also voiced much about atraumatic extraction and the simple<br/>technique of socket grafting, especially in areas where bone and soft tissue<br/>shrinkage would impede proper pontic aesthetics and implant placement.<br/>What about retained roots, trauma to other structures, damage to developing<br/>(underlying) permanent teeth, and need for tension-less flaps at suture line?<br/>Are dentists following? Do we in the smile zone, at least? Besides, why are<br/>we still questioned, almost on a regular basis, by residents as well as fellow<br/>clinicians whether to irrigate or not, post-extraction? Concerns, we thought<br/>to address celebrating the end of 2017, or in better words, ~120 years since<br/>coining the term “dry socket” for the first time.