Prevalence of dry socket related to gender and site

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of dry socket in association with gender, site and age. This study includes hundred consecutive patients with dry socket coming to the OPD at Oral Surgery Department, Khyber College of Dentistry, Peshawar. A comprehensive proforma was formu-lated and filled for comparison of gender, age and site in relation to dry socket. The results of this comparative study were analyzed through chi-square test. Females were 2.37 times more prone to dry socket as compared to males. Whereas, dry socket was found 2.94 times more common in mandibular extractions as compared to maxillary. It was less common in young age group [18%] as compared to older patients [67%]