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.
A dry socket is considered the most common complication following tooth extractions. It happens more frequently with extraction of impacted wisdom teeth, in patients with poor blood flow to the socket, (smokers, patients taking fosamax), delayed healing (diabetics ).