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There's white substances get stuck with my tooth extraction site. how to remove it? i just removed my wisdom teeth yesterday.
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Don't remove it: It may be scaffolds...underneath this matrix, it is getting healed... have it evaluated with your dentist... don't touch it for now...
Answered 7/31/2014
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