Socket graft (or) Socket preservation graft is a form of dental bone grafting procedure. It is used to protect the empty socket after extracting a tooth. The socket is a bony crypt in the jaw surrounded by connective tissues to anchor a tooth. When a tooth is removed surgically, the bone around the empty socket gradually deteriorates, causing jaw bone loss.

Socket preservation is designed to protect and even rebuild the bone in such empty tooth sockets.

Tooth extraction is a widely performed, minimally invasive dental procedure. It is recommended if a tooth is severely infected or to get rid of tooth pain triggered by wisdom teeth. This procedure is safe and straightforward because the teeth extractions are carried out with proper disinfectants like antibiotics to prevent infection.

Post extraction complications like pain and bleeding are common. However, some people develop bone infections after removing problematic teeth. Such infections after tooth removal are uncommon but a few individuals mistake it as a dry socket.

Keep reading to know more about the possible causes of infections at the tooth extraction site.

Extracting a tooth from its dental alveolus or socket is needed at some point for our oral cavity’s well-being. Typically, Oral surgeons perform the tooth removal process whilst general dentists, periodontists, and even Orthodontists also dispose the problematic tooth as a part of their treatment.