On tenth day of a tooth being knocked out, the local clinical finding will be: (A) Tooth socket being filled up by tissue, (B) Blood clots in the socket, (C) Alvoelar process smooth, (D) Fluid blood in the socket
Answer is A. When a tooth has been knocked out, bleeding from its socket stops in about one to two days and a clot is formed. The clot is obliterated by fibrous tissue in about 14 days. The socket is completely filled with gradual new bone in about a year, as seen on X-RAY examination. Ref : Krishnan vij Textbook of Forensic medicine and Toxicology 5th edtion ; pg no - 289 , medscape.com