ORIGIN: In France, only members of the gentry were permitted to keep pigeons. In Colonial Louisiana pigeonniers were considered status symbols. Pigeonnier may be descendant of late medieval towers which ornamented. French castles and manor houses.
Dry socket is more likely to occur following a difficult tooth extraction. It is thought that excessive force applied to the tooth, or excessive movement of the tooth burnishes the bony walls of the socket and crushes blood vessels, impairing the repair process.
While specifics can vary, the predominant characteristics of a dry socket are: 1  Throbbing pain. 2  A foul odor and taste coming from the extraction site. 3  A timing where these events do not first appear until at least a few days after the tooth was removed.