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What Could Cause Hard White Thing On Gum?

I had my teeth pulled about 2 weeks ago and now I have a hard white something,likes a piece of teeth or bone. could you let me know what it is. I went back to doctors, about a week ago because i had white spots on my gum. He said everthing was fine, now this
Wed, 14 May 2014
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it can be a bony specule. sometime while extracting a tooth some part of alveolar bone displaces and cause pain.if its not healing properly and causing you pain while eating or touching then consult your dentist he ll smoothen it off.
hope this ll help
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What Could Cause Hard White Thing On Gum?

it can be a bony specule. sometime while extracting a tooth some part of alveolar bone displaces and cause pain.if its not healing properly and causing you pain while eating or touching then consult your dentist he ll smoothen it off. hope this ll help