Hey guys,

I loosely know what cavitations are, but not what all causes them or what all counts as a cavitation. For instance, I had a few wisdom teeth taken out about 4 years back....does this leave a cavitation? I actually had the misfortune of getting dry socket in the bottom one, which was horrible. I lived a few hours away from the surgeon I had gone to at the time, so I suffered with it for a few days before I went to another dentist to have it checked out. Dry socket has something to do with the air hitting the raw, exposed bone in your jaw - it leads to agonizing pain....I don't know if it's from infection for not. Sounds sketchy though....I hope this is not the type of thing to lead to a cavitation. All they did was remove the tooth, so no amalgam/mercury was placed down there as far as I know. Is that the only way to get a cavitation, if amalgam is placed down there, like in the case of a root canal?

These questions might sound a bit silly, but I figured I should find out in case it's something I should worry about.

Thanks,
~Tia