Introduction:

dry socket is the most frequent complication after a dental extraction and constitutes the most common cause of emergency consultations, since patients have pain in the postoperative period. It is considered to be a multifactorial disorder although the etiology of this condition is not well known.

Objectives:

to determine the most common type of dry socket in the sample under study, as well as to establish the relationship between risk factors and the type of dry socket.

Methods:

a descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in the emergency department at "Celia Sánchez Manduley" Dental Clinic, in Santa Clara, Villa Clara, from February 2020 to June 2021. The study was carried out in a total of 51 patients who were diagnosed with dry socket. Type of dry socket and risk factors such as age, gender, history of diseases, use of contraceptive tablets, toxic habits, conditions of the oral environment, characteristics of the surgical procedure and postoperative care were the variables studied; the data was collected in a form.

Results:

dry socket predominated in female patients. Smoking and performing a complex surgical maneuver were the predominant risk factors.

Conclusions:

there is a significant relationship among the presence of dry socket and female patients associated with toxic habits, the use of contraceptive tablets, and having undergone a complex surgical maneuver.