Question 23 · LDEK · Complications of extraction
Indicate the true statements concerning dry socket:
1) it is an inflammation developing on the second or third day after the surgery;
2) there is an inflammation in the surroundings of the alveolus;
3) it is caused by a disintegration of fibrin in the clot due to a release of tissue inhibitors (such as the XA factor);
4) systematic diseases such as diabetes, B, C, D or K vitamin deficiency, atherosclerosis may predispose to dry socket.
The correct answer is:
2) there is an inflammation in the surroundings of the alveolus;
3) it is caused by a disintegration of fibrin in the clot due to a release of tissue inhibitors (such as the XA factor);
4) systematic diseases such as diabetes, B, C, D or K vitamin deficiency, atherosclerosis may predispose to dry socket.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,3,4.
- B. 1,3.
- C. 2,3,4.
- D. 1,4.
- E. 3,4.
Hint
Recall when dry socket appears, how the socket and its surroundings look, and whether clot lysis is driven by activators or inhibitors.
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