Antibiotic's effectiveness after erupted tooth extractions: A retrospective study.

Objective: The purpose of this retrospective study was to assess the influence of antibiotics on the development of alveolitis after tooth extractions.

Materials And Methods: The study population consisted of patients who had erupted tooth extractions in 3 centers. The patients' medical records were collected for several parameters.

Evaluation of volumetric dimensional changes in posterior extraction sites with and without ARP using a novel imaging device.

Background: Alveolar ridge volume loss may be minimized when postextraction sockets are filled by bone substitutes.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to measure the effect of alveolar ridge preservation (ARP) in maintaining the external contour of the ridge after fresh socket grafting with or without particulate anorganic bovine bone mineral (BBM) and resorbable barrier covering.

Materials And Methods: In the present controlled study, patients subjected to single-tooth extraction were allocated to 2 groups: postextraction sockets grafted with bovine bone mineral (bbm), and naturally healing sockets (nat).