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Visitor asks:
Dear Sir/Madam,
my 8-year-old son lost a baby canine and now the gum in that area has a bluish color, while the permanent tooth has not erupted yet. I would appreciate your advice. Kind regards and thank you for your answer.
Dentist Tomaž Rotar answers:
Dear Sir/Madam!
After a baby tooth falls out, the gum at that site is always somewhat different in color. Quite often an eruption hematoma (a sac filled with blood) develops above the crown of the erupting permanent tooth beneath the gum surface; it is bluish in color. It disappears on its own when the tooth erupts. I do not think the change you describe is a cause for alarm.
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