Alveolitis after tooth extraction

Tooth extraction is the most common surgical operation in dentistry. And, as with any other surgery, in this case, the risk of developing some complications associated with various factors is not ruled out. One of the unpleasant consequences after the extraction of the tooth is the alveolitis of the socket.

Alveolitis is a pathological condition in which inflammation of the walls of the socket occurs at the site of the torn tooth, associated with infection. Often, the alveolitis develops after the removal of the wisdom tooth, when the operation is carried out with severe trauma to surrounding tissues.


Causes of alveolitis of the socket of the removed tooth

Infection of the dental hole after removal can be the result of the following main factors:

1. The destruction of the blood clot that forms after the extraction of the tooth and protects the wound from getting the pathogenic bacteria. Most often this is due to the patient's fault in violation of post-operation recommendations, when the mouth is actively rinsed.

2. Untreated diseases of neighboring teeth and other inflammatory processes in the mouth. If a nearby tooth is affected by a carious process, then the infection from it can easily hit the wound. Therefore, a competent doctor, if there is no emergency indications for tooth extraction, first conducts caries therapy.

3. The patient's disdain for oral hygiene, penetration of food residues into the well.

4. Medical errors:

5. Reduced immunity, the presence of foci of chronic infection in the body, as a result of which natural protective processes can not withstand the development of pyogenic microorganisms.

6. Violations of blood clotting, in connection with which no blood clot is formed. It can also be associated with the use of such drugs as Aspirin, Warfarin, and others.

Symptoms of the alveolitis after tooth extraction

Normally, the healing of the hole after tooth extraction occurs in a few days, and intense pain sensations, as a rule, disappear after a day. When the alveolitis at first, the pain in the area of ​​the socket of the tooth ruptured subsides, but after 3 to 5 days it reappears. Pain can be pulsating, unbearable, discomfortable sensations grow, spread to the whole mouth, and sometimes to the face. Also there are such symptoms:

Treatment of alveolitis after tooth extraction

At the first symptoms of the alveolitis, you should immediately call your doctor without self-medication. Progression of the process can lead to an even more serious complication - osteomyelitis of the jaw.

Treatment of the alveolitis, as a rule, includes the following measures:

  1. Purification of the socket of the torn tooth and washing of purulent secretions with special solutions.
  2. Local applications with analgesics and antimicrobial agents.
  3. Rinsing the oral cavity with antiseptic solutions.
  4. Physiotherapeutic procedures for the early healing of the wound (after removal of the inflammation).

In advanced cases, in the presence of some concomitant pathologies and reduced immunity in the treatment of alveolitis after tooth extraction, antibiotics of systemic action may be prescribed.