Baba Farid University Dental Journal
  • Year: 2025
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue: 1

Assessment of risk factors of dry socket

  • Author:
  • Anupam Bansal1,*, Arvind Gumber2, Yuvraj Gupta3, Rajat Pareek2, Kapil K Kardwal4
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 57 to 59

1Reader, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Darshan Dental College, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

2Reader, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Surendera Dental College and Research Institute, Sriganganagar, Rajasthan, India

3Senior Consultant, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Clove Dental, India

4MDS, Oral Surgeon, Dr Kardwal's Dental & Face Surgery Hospital, Rawatsar, Hanumangarh, Rajasthan, India

*Corresponding Author: Anupam Bansal, Reader, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Darshan Dental College, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

Online published on 19 August, 2025.

Abstract

This study was conducted to assess the risk factors of dry socket.

This study comprised of 120 subjects who underwent extraction. The prevalence and risk factors of dry socket was the chief goal of this study. The subjects had been explained about the procedure and had been asked to give consent. All the subjects gave consent and hence all the subjects had been included in this study. The demographic characteristics of the subjects had been noted down. The prevalence of dry socket was checked and also the risk factors for the same had been assessed and the findings had been tabulated. Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS software.

In this study, it was observed that out of 120 subjects who underwent extraction, 20 (16.7%) subjects showed dry socket. Among 100 (83.3%) subjects, dry socket was absent post extraction. In group 1, there were 100 controls who did not have dry socket. In group 2, there were 20 subjects who showed dry socket post extraction. There were total 72 males and 48 females in this study. 16 males and 4 females had dry socket. The most common risk factor for dry socket in this study was the previous history of dry socket (6 cases) followed by smoking and infection at the extraction site (5 cases each). Traumatic extraction was the risk factor for 3 cases and 1 case was related to poor oral hygiene.

The prevalence of dry socket in this study was 16.7%. The common risk factors of dry socket in this study were found to be smoking, previous history of dry socket, infection at the extraction site, traumatic extraction and poor oral hygiene.

Keywords

Risk Factors, Dry Socket, Extraction