Introduction: Dry socket consider one of the most popular complications that it is formed yet the dental extraction of a permanent tooth, and its prevention is more functional than its remediation.

Aim: To examine the prevalence of alveolar osteoitis and its correlation with surgical tooth extraction in patients receiving care at Baghdad's Al-Maghrib specialized dentistry center.

Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional, analytical, descriptive, and retrospective research. Data were gathered for each patient who underwent permanent tooth extraction at the Oral Surgery department during a period of (18) months, from January 2022 to June 2023.

Results: The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery department at Al-Maghreeb street dental specialist Centers data registration book had the whole set of collected data for 2749 patients throughout the course of 18 months, from January 2022 to June 2023.

Conclusion: Smoking habit, persisting gingival pathology and traumatic extractions were the factors associated with formation of dry socket.