Dry socket falls under the most common as well as serious complications, which usually encountered after the extraction of third molar. The occurrence of dry socket in dental clinical practice is very common, which may be due to systemic or chronic disease related to the patient health, that alters the patient immunity with respect to infection, there will be other local chances too for the occurrence of dry socket which include the habits of smoking cigarette, chewing pan masala, bad oral hygiene. This article reviews the main causes of dry socket, various treatment modalities for the same.

The basic knowledge of sterilization and disinfection is the key to control the spread of infection from dentist to the patient, and vice versa from patient to the dentist. In the process of sterlisation complete removal of all the spores done where as complete removal of spores is not accomplished with the process of disinfection.