OMFS Board Exam Review #2 - Dry Socket, Abscess, Trismus, Antibiotics

Top 5 Topics:

- What causes a dry socket and why it hurts

- Step-by-step management of post-extraction infections

- Complications from wisdom tooth removal

- Brutally honest oral surgery board prep (no fluff)

- Biggest mistakes patients AND surgeons make after extractions

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Questions:

00:03 – What is the most likely diagnosis for pain and odor 2 days post-extraction?

04:01 – What is the correct pathophysiology of alveolar osteitis (dry socket)?

06:20 – How do you manage dry socket non-surgically, step by step?

08:33 – What are you missing in your dry socket treatment approach?

10:55 – New case: What’s the diagnosis for pus, swelling, and fever post-extraction?

13:15 – What is the correct immediate management for a post-extraction abscess?

15:27 – What are 3 board-level complications of untreated jaw infections?

18:27 – Dry socket case: what are 2 biggest risk factors most people ignore?

21:32 – Pain radiating to the ear with trismus: what’s the true diagnosis?

23:00 – What’s one serious complication if this infection spreads untreated?

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- 8.2025

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