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Material coming out after bone graft. Is this normal?

October 16, 2017
Asked By:aprilh85 in Los Angeles, CA

I got my tooth extracted The doctor put bone graft material in the empty socket and then put some stitches around after 24 hours I started to rinse my mouth with salt water and I always feel a lot of material is coming out from the socket is it normal that the material continue coming out even after a week and half from the extraction ???

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October 19, 2017

Answer: It's Probably Some of the Grafting Material

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October 17, 2017

Answer: Bone graft material is coming out!

Kourosh Maddahi, DDS
October 17, 2017

Answer: Bone graft material is coming out!

Kourosh Maddahi, DDS

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