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What Could A White Scar On Palate After Wearing An Old Retainer Indicate?

I wore an old retainer to bed for a few days, the wire created an open sore on the roof I'd my mouth that hurt like a cancer sore and took forever to go away and now it's a round white hole in my hard palate, feels like bone, or a tooth coming in, but doesn't hurt. What is it and how do I get rid of it?
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi! gone through your query.
The white area on the hard palate you are referring to can be a fibroma due to irritation from retainer wire. visit your dentist for a excisional biopsy and removal of the irritant. Recurrence is possible if the offending irritant persists.
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What Could A White Scar On Palate After Wearing An Old Retainer Indicate?

Hi! gone through your query. The white area on the hard palate you are referring to can be a fibroma due to irritation from retainer wire. visit your dentist for a excisional biopsy and removal of the irritant. Recurrence is possible if the offending irritant persists. hope this helps.