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One week after filling an extraction site, some material was pushed out of the gingival tissue leaving a yellowish looking defect in the gum. What happened?

April 26, 2017extraction Filling gingival leaving material pushed site tissue week yellowish

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One week after filling an extraction site, some material was pushed out of the gingival tissue leaving a yellowish looking defect in the gum. What happened?

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Most typical reason is an overfilling of the alveolus. The body may remove the excess material by a process analogue to a fistula. Typically one week later, the gingiva is closed again and the bone regeneration process is not hampered.