One of my (many) dental fears (and I wouldn't really call them phobias since I think they're justified) is getting a dry socket. I have no wisdom teeth, but it can also happen after normal tooth extraction. The odds are quite low for non-wisdom teeth, but they get higher the more difficult or traumatic the extraction is. I've heard that root canal treated teeth will often break in pieces when extracted, or also sometimes the filling material fuses with the jaw bone leading to a more difficult extraction.
So is extraction of root canal treated teeth usually traumatic? Are the odds of dry socket that much higher with the extraction of root canal teeth?
So is extraction of root canal treated teeth usually traumatic? Are the odds of dry socket that much higher with the extraction of root canal teeth?