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Flap Procedure for Gum Disease
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If you maintain good dental care after the surgery, the flap procedure should help stop your gum disease. Your gums should become pink and healthy again.
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: August 5, 2011 |
| Medical Review: | Reference Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
Reference Adam Husney, MD, MD - Family Medicine Reference Steven K. Patterson, BS, DDS, MPH - Dentistry |
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