The Healing Socket And Socket Regeneration

Abstract: Tooth extraction is a common procedure in dentistry. The normal healing response to the procedure results in a significant loss of bone and collapse of the surrounding gingiva. In addition to normal healing, a substantial percentage of extraction sites suffer postoperative complications. This article presents histology that supports the concept that the first response to extraction is bone death and resorption of the socket wall. The stages of extraction socket healing also will be discussed. Additionally, the article will present a regenerative method that skips the resorptive phase, the clotting phase, the granulation of tissue phase, and the collagen-producing phase of normal extraction-socket healing, while avoiding extraction-socket complications. Only a few studies have documented the histology of extraction-socket healing in humans. The work of Amler and colleagues is an example.1 Additionally, Boyne studied extraction-socket alveolar bone biopsies2 and, more recently, Devon and Sloan studied extraction-socket biopsies harvested during resective cancer surgery.3 The majority of research involving extraction-socket healing has been performed o