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Please provide a tip on how to ask your doctor about cold sores.
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Ignore: Request to be checked for oral Herpes. It is transmitted from mouth to mouth or mouth to genitals.
Answered 7/24/2014
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When: When you call the dental office for care of cold sores, ask if they have a dental laser to assist.
Answered 5/26/2014
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Ignore: If given within 24 hours of an outbreak, a Kenalog (triamcinolone) shot helps.
Answered 11/21/2014
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