Delayed Healing of Tooth Extraction Sockets with Ramucirumab Use

Figure 2

Photographs showing the healing process of the sockets. (a) Bone exposure was noted 23 days after the extractions in each socket (arrow, sockets of the first molar and second premolar; arrowhead, socket of the third molar). (b) Sixty-one days after the extractions, sockets of the first molar and second premolar were mostly covered with soft tissue (arrow), whereas the socket of the third molar was not covered (arrowhead). (c) Seventy-five days after the extractions, sockets of the first molar and second premolar were almost completely covered with soft tissue (arrow), but the socket of the third molar was only slightly covered (arrowhead). (d) One hundred and seventeen days after extractions, sockets of the first molar and second premolar were completely covered with soft tissue (arrow). However, the socket of the third molar was only partially covered (arrowhead). (e). One hundred and thirty days after extraction, the socket of the third molar was almost completely covered with soft tissue (arrowhead).

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