Objectives: Assessment of incidence of alveolar osteitis following normal extraction techniques verses atraumatic extraction technique. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted on one hundred patients requiring extraction of mandibular molars. The patients in the study were randomly divided into two equal groups. The Control group included fifty patients in which the extraction was carried out using the “Standard” English style vertical hinge extraction forceps. The study group included fifty patients in which the extraction was carried out using the Physics forceps. Patients follow up postoperatively was done to assess the incidence of alveolar Osteitis (AO) in each group