Question 321 · LDEK · Complications of extraction
Select the false statement about postextraction alveolitis:
- A. develops in 1-5% of patients, predominantly in women.
- B. one of its symptoms is pain that worsens on day 3-4 following extraction.
- C. associated with bacterial colonisation of the surgical wound, preserved part of the root or a foreign body in the alveolus.
- D. a risk factor for postextraction alveolitis is the use of intraligamentary anaesthesia with an epinephrine-containing solution.
- E. reaction of the adjacent lymph nodes can develop.
Hint
Separate the well-documented risk factors for dry socket from a factor whose role is not supported by evidence.
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