Current Knowledge on the Healing of the Extraction Socket: A Narrative Review
The concept of extraction socket healing has been severally researched and reported over the years, since tooth extraction remains one of the most common procedures performed in the dental clinic. Understanding this healing process is of utmost importance because the outcome has a direct bearing on...
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| description | The concept of extraction socket healing has been severally researched and reported over the years, since tooth extraction remains one of the most common procedures performed in the dental clinic. Understanding this healing process is of utmost importance because the outcome has a direct bearing on future prosthetic rehabilitation and, by extension, on patients’ esthetics and masticatory function, among others. This mini review, therefore, summarized the current knowledge on the different stages of socket healing, including the biologic and clinical events that occur following tooth extraction up until the complete closure of the socket. Additionally, the modeling of the alveolar bone/process post extraction, and the resultant dimensional changes that, altogether, shape the bone, were reviewed and documented. The effects of various socket preservation interventions to mitigate these dimensional changes, and therefore preserve the alveolar process in a condition suitable for future prosthetic rehabilitation, were highlighted. Finally, a review of some of the factors that influence the entire process was also carried out. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8f6f64e9cb744961b7c24d14b91ea3b82023-11-19T15:41:36ZengMDPI AGBioengineering2306-53542023-09-011010114510.3390/bioengineering10101145Current Knowledge on the Healing of the Extraction Socket: A Narrative ReviewSamuel E. Udeabor0Anja Heselich1Sarah Al-Maawi2Ali F. Alqahtani3Robert Sader4Shahram Ghanaati5Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, King Khalid University, Abha 62529, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Oral, Cranio-Maxillofacial, and Facial Plastic Surgery & Frankfurt Orofacial Regenerative Medicine (FORM) Lab, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, GermanyDepartment of Oral, Cranio-Maxillofacial, and Facial Plastic Surgery & Frankfurt Orofacial Regenerative Medicine (FORM) Lab, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, GermanyDepartment of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, King Khalid University, Abha 62529, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Oral, Cranio-Maxillofacial, and Facial Plastic Surgery & Frankfurt Orofacial Regenerative Medicine (FORM) Lab, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, GermanyDepartment of Oral, Cranio-Maxillofacial, and Facial Plastic Surgery & Frankfurt Orofacial Regenerative Medicine (FORM) Lab, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, GermanyThe concept of extraction socket healing has been severally researched and reported over the years, since tooth extraction remains one of the most common procedures performed in the dental clinic. Understanding this healing process is of utmost importance because the outcome has a direct bearing on future prosthetic rehabilitation and, by extension, on patients’ esthetics and masticatory function, among others. This mini review, therefore, summarized the current knowledge on the different stages of socket healing, including the biologic and clinical events that occur following tooth extraction up until the complete closure of the socket. Additionally, the modeling of the alveolar bone/process post extraction, and the resultant dimensional changes that, altogether, shape the bone, were reviewed and documented. The effects of various socket preservation interventions to mitigate these dimensional changes, and therefore preserve the alveolar process in a condition suitable for future prosthetic rehabilitation, were highlighted. Finally, a review of some of the factors that influence the entire process was also carried out.https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/10/10/1145socket healingextraction socketalveolar bone modelingsocket preservationmini reviewnarrative review |
| spellingShingle | Samuel E. Udeabor Anja Heselich Sarah Al-Maawi Ali F. Alqahtani Robert Sader Shahram Ghanaati Current Knowledge on the Healing of the Extraction Socket: A Narrative Review Bioengineering socket healing extraction socket alveolar bone modeling socket preservation mini review narrative review |
| title | Current Knowledge on the Healing of the Extraction Socket: A Narrative Review |
| title_full | Current Knowledge on the Healing of the Extraction Socket: A Narrative Review |
| title_fullStr | Current Knowledge on the Healing of the Extraction Socket: A Narrative Review |
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| title_short | Current Knowledge on the Healing of the Extraction Socket: A Narrative Review |
| title_sort | current knowledge on the healing of the extraction socket a narrative review |
| topic | socket healing extraction socket alveolar bone modeling socket preservation mini review narrative review |
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