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White slim covering white tooth socket clot rinses away. normal. 11 days after teeth pulled clots are white. slim comes off after salt water rinse?
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Normal: Normal healing. Do not worry. Often you form outer layer of dead tissue cells. Similar to a scab outside the mouth, but this is always wet, so it is not hard but soft and often whitish. Good Luck.
Answered 9/3/2015
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Be patient: It has never been easy to be patient, but complete healing will take 2-3 weeks. Good luck!
Answered 8/29/2015
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