Resumen

MARTIN REYES, Odalys; LIMA ALVAREZ, Magda  y  ZULUETA IZQUIERDO, María M.. Alveolitis: Revisión de la literatura y actualización. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2001, vol.38, n.3, pp.176-180. ISSN 0034-7507.

Alveolitis is the most frequent complication of tooth extraction. Its frequency varies from 1 to 4 % and may reach 20 to 30 % in extractions of mandibular third molars. Some risk factors increasing its incidence are described, although reference is made to a multifactorial origin. The clinic and the subjective symptoms allow us to make its diagnosis and to classify it. Different products have been used in the treatment of alveolitis to induce clot formation: antibiotics, anesthesics, analgesics and anti-inflammatories associated or not with corticoids, analgesics and systemic antibiotics. Natural and traditional medicine also play an important role in the treatment of this stomatological emergency and therepeutics such as the apiotherapy, the acupuncture, the ozone therapy and state-of-the art technologies as the soft laser are stressed.

Palabras clave : DRY SOCKET [complications]; DRY SOCKET [drug therapy]; TOOTH EXTRACTION [methods]; RISK FACTORS; TECHNOLOGY, DENTAL [methods].

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