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Bleeding dental socket
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Contents
Background
Clinical Features
- Bleeding from dental socket
Differential Diagnosis
Dentoalveolar Injuries
- Tooth fracture
- Tooth subluxation
- Tooth avulsion
- Bleeding dental socket
Odontogenic Infections
- Dental caries (pulpitis)
- Ludwig's angina
- Periapical abcess
- Periodontal abscess
- Peritonsillar Abscess (PTA)
- Retropharyngeal abscess
- Trench Mouth (Acute Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis)
- Vincent's angina - tonsillitis and pharyngitis
- Acute alveolar osteitis
Other
- Scurvy
- Gingival hyperplasia
- Phenytoin
- Cyclosporine
- Nifedipine, Amlodipine
- Leukemia
Evaluation
- Clinical diagnosis
Management
- Direct pressure on site of bleeding (can have patient bite on gauze or tea bag)
Disposition
- Discharge
