Research Article
Dry Socket: Incidence, Clinical Features, and Predisposing Factors
Table 1
Oral hygiene status and systemic factors in 1182 patients.
| | | 2010 n (%) | 2011 n (%) | 2012 n (%) | 2013 n (%) | Total |
| | M : F ratio | 1 : 1.5 | 1 : 1.5 | 1 : 1.7 | 1 : 1.4 | 1 : 1.5 | | Oral hygiene | | | | | | | Poor | 109 (30.8) | 153 (23.9) | 88 (30.4) | 46 (59.0) | 396 (33.5) | | Fair | 141 (39.8) | 254 (55.1) | 160 (55.4) | 24 (30.8) | 579 (49.0) | | Good | 19 (5.4) | 29 (6.3) | 16 (5.5) | 8 (10.2) | 72 (6.1) | | Not stated | 85 (24.0) | 24 (5.2) | 25 (8.7) | 0 (0) | 134 (11.3) | | Multiple teeth | 41 (11.6) | 53 (11.5) | 32 (11.1) | 4 (5.1) | 130 (11.0) | | Single tooth | 313 (88.4) | 408 (88.5) | 257 (88.9) | 74 (94.9) | 1052 (89.0) | | Systemic factors | | | | | | | Hypertension | 32 (9.0) | 44 (9.5) | 37 (12.8) | 3 (3.8) | 116 (9.8) | | Diabetics | 6 (1.7) | 9 (2.0) | 9 (3.1) | 5 (6.4) | 29 (2.5) | | Sickle cell disease | 0 (0) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (<0.1) | | Pregnancy | 9 (2.5) | 10 (2.2) | 4 (1.4) | 0 (0) | 23 (1.9) | | Peptic ulcer disease | 11 (3.1) | 16 (3.5) | 25 (8.7) | 3 (3.8) | 55 (4.7) | | Allergy | 6 (1.7) | 44 (9.5) | 48 (16.6) | 5 (6.4) | 103 (8.7) | | Asthma | 2 (0.9) | 15 (3.3) | 2 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 19 (1.6) | | Total | 66 (18.6) | 139 (30.2) | 125 (43.3) | 16 (20.4) | 346 (29.3) | | Total number of patients | 354 (29.9) | 461 (39.0) | 289 (24.5) | 78 (6.6) | 1182 (100) |
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