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What Is The Painful Small Pit On The Side Of My Gum?
I have a small pit on the side of my gum, in the back, on the side of it by where a Wisdom tooth would form about the size of a canker sore. It hurts like a canker sore, but it's pitted and there's no white area on it. What is this?
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Thu, 24 Apr 2014
thanks for your query, the pit kind of thing could be a sinus tract or healed sinus tract. or just a opening where the wisdom tooth is penetrating the gums to erupt...consult your oral physician to confirm these thing..i hope my answer will help you..take care
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