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| Prevention of Dry Socket |  More than a few things can lead to the early loss of a blood clot from an extraction place, counting smoking, vigorous spitting, sucking through a straw, coughing or sneezing. You should also keep away from consuming carbonated or alcoholic drinks after an extraction, because these have also been connected with the development of dry socket.
You should also:
 don’t touch the extraction site with your fingers and tongue.
place an ice pack on your jaw for the first 24 hours following surgery - on for 15-20 minutes, and off for 30-40 minutes - to avoid pain and swelling and stop excessive bleeding.
not rinse your mouth on the day of surgery. The next day, you can rinse carefully with warm salt water; liquefy one teaspoon of salt in a cup of warm water. Be convinced to rinse and spit gently. Contact your dentist immediately if you observe any symptoms of dry socket. As a rule treatment for dry socket includes a tender rinsing of the socket to remove debris. This is followed by packing the socket with Alvogyl. Its stringy consistency allows for easy filling of the socket and good adherence throughout the entire healing process.
The active ingredients of Alvogyl include:
 eugenol for analgesic action;
butamben for anesthetic action;
iodoform for anti-microbial action.
At times analgesics are also prescribed. As a rule you need to go back to the dentist's office two to three times during two-week time period for re-dressing and monitoring the healing. Luckily, a dry socket is often self-healed over a longer time. In very singular situation where the dry socket can't heal itself, another operation may be required. The procedure intends to make the socket bleed again and so that a new blood clot can be formed inside the post-extraction socket.
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