Had a couple more pre-molars extracted. On the first pair of
extraction sites, they are clean.
But on the second pair, there is a layer of loose whitish membrane
covering the site. I tried to pull it off, but it bleeds. So I left
it. What's the whitish membrane? There's no pain or swelling. There's
no such membrane on the first pair.


Bob

On 2 May 2007 19:42:46 -0700, wrote:

>Had a couple more pre-molars extracted. On the first pair of
>extraction sites, they are clean.
>But on the second pair, there is a layer of loose whitish membrane
>covering the site. I tried to pull it off, but it bleeds. So I left
>it. What's the whitish membrane? There's no pain or swelling. There's
>no such membrane on the first pair.
>
>
>Bob

It's called a 'fibrin clot' it is much like a scab on
your skin after a cut or scratch. The reason that
it looks different is that it remains wet and the RBCs
wash out of the clot.

Leave it alone, it is your body healing itself.