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Q: Can upper teeth have dry sockets?
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What bone contains sockets upper teeth?

Maxilla


What bone contains sockets of upper teeth?

Mandible and mAxilla


How do you treat persistent dry sockets after wisdom teeth extraction in a 38 year old fit female?

You can treat persistent dry sockets after having your wisdom teeth extracted with aspirin or ibuprofen. However, if it doesn't help, your dentist can prescribe an antibiotic.


Is it possible for there to be no food in the holes where your wisdom teeth got pulled?

Yes it's possible to have food in the holes where you wisdom teeth got pulled. Due to the fact that you could have dry sockets. Always follow the directions that the dentist tells you or you will get dry sockets. When you get dry sockets you have to return to an Oral surgeon weekly to get you goz replaced. I hope this question fulfilled the answer. Thanks.


Will dry sockets effect future dental treatments?

No not if you don't have any cavities or fake or silver/gold teeth


What percent of extractions cause dry socket?

It depends on who you ask. The literature on dry sockets after wisdom teeth extractions reports a range from 5-20% dry socket occurence. Most experienced oral surgeons will see fewer than 10% dry socket rate after wisdom teeth extractions. The biggest determining factor to risk is experience of the surgeon. Which means that newbies will have more dry sockets than seasoned surgeons.


How long after treating dry sockets of wisdom teeth can you smoke?

Same as smoking cigarettes 3 days they say


What contains sockets for teeth?

Maxilla


My sockets don't hurt but are empty is that dry socket?

DEFINITELY NOT A DRY SOCKET... YOU WOULD KNOW IF YOU HAD A DRY SOCKET. BASICALLY YOUR SOCKETS ARE JUST CLEAN.


What is the name for the sockets of the teeth?

alveolar process


The synarthrosis that binds the teeth to the bony sockets is?

Gomphoses


The digestive system?

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