Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

1 questions · 1 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 1 · 100%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Presence of dry socket · Adults (>18 years) having permanent tooth extraction (predominantly mandibular third molars)

P-hydroxybenzoic acid showed no clear difference in presence of dry socket compared with placebo; GRADE not reported.

1 finding from 1 review

Local interventions for the management of alveolar osteitis (dry socket) 2022 · Cochrane All outcomes
Follow-up: median 7 days
RR 0.08 [0.00, 1.37]
1 study · 45 participants
GRADE not reported