Healing of untreated extraction sockets
Short review of clinical and experimental studies that describe the modification of soft and hard tissues after the extraction of dental elements.
A dimensional shrinkage of the alveolar ridge after tooth extraction has been documented in clinical and experimental studies.
We describe the sequential healing of open extraction sockets at which no attempts to obtain primary closure of the coronal access to the alveolus have been made, compared with other studies in which different alveolar ridge preservation techniques have been performed.