[Management of the dry socket with Socketol® paste]

Alveolitis sicca or dry socket is a frequent complication after tooth extraction. It is de- fined as postoperative pain in and around the extraction site, which increases in severity at any time between 1 and 3 days after the extraction accompanied by a disintegrated blood clot within the alveolar socket with or without halitosis. The occurrence of alveolitis sicca is described in the literature between 3 to 4% for simple extractions and 25 to 30% after surgical removal of third molars. Socketol® is ideally suited as a medicamentous inlay for the management of this condition due to its excellent analgesic and antiseptic properties. It is inserted indirectly into the alveolar socket on a gauze strip.