Prevalence Of Dry Socket In Surgically Removed Impacted Teeth

To assess the prevalence of dry socket in surgically removed impacted teeth. A retrospective study was done in an institutional setting. The data for the study was retrieved from the college patient records. All the patients who underwent surgical removal of impacted teeth where given a time frame of june 2019 - march 2020, were taken into consideration. The patient details included name, age, gender, tooth number and patient intra oral state and complaint on recall visits were retrieved from the software. The data was then analysed using SPSS software. Total of 362 patients were involved in this study, 218 being male patients and 144 being female patients. A total of 17 cases (4.7%) reported back with dry socket out of the 362 cases included in the study. More cases of dry socket was seen in the mandibular third molars. The age group in which dry socket was more prevalent was between 21-30 years age group. Dry socket was most commonly seen in mandibular third molars, a total of 17 cases reported back with dry socket out of the 362 cases included.