The article highlights several clinical findings. A recent clinical study revealed that dry socket or alveolar osteitis did not develop in maxillary sites, that 15% of mandibular third molar extraction sites in the straw group and 15% of the sites in the control group developed the disease. In assessing marijuana use, cannabis smokers commonly display periodontal changes that includes fiery red gingivitis, alveolar bone loss and tongue carcinoma.