“Why does my gum look white after a tooth extraction?”

Hard to say without seeing the case. It could be an infection, bone, or tooth. You should ask your surgeon to take a look.

That is actually a good thing - it is a sign of healing. Normal wound healing has several stages, one of them being "scab" formation - the collection of platelets and fibrin and other cells that eventually give way to new skin. Normally a scab is brown-ish in appearance when it is on the outside of your body. Your gums go through the same process, but because the tissue stays moist the whole time from your saliva, the fibrin is white in appearance. This indicates that your body is making new skin cells, and is healing properly. So although it may look funny, the white appearance is just a normal part of the healing process.

The mouth does not form scabs while healing. The whitish appearance indicates normal healing in most cases.

MDSDDS

Your gum looks white due to a special fibrin coating on your wound. This is how all healing wounds appear in the mouth. This is completely normal.

Dr. Ostanina

The scab is wet so it is white