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Suggest Remedy For Infection In The Gum
Hi, I had an abscessed tooth pulled two weeks ago. Two days after the extraction I had a white hard bump to come up on the gum under the tooth next to the extraction site. Is this another abscess? This tooth has a crater cavity as well. And the raised white bump has been there for two weeks now with no change. It's not really painful at all, just when certain foods touch it.
Thu, 9 Oct 2014
Bump could well be an abscess, if you are on appropriate antibiotics definitive dental treatment such as Root canal treatment or of tooth is not salvageable extraction would be appropriate.
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