Candida (thrush) can have the white top coat scraped off with a fingernail, leucoplakia wil not be removed by the same technique. Your dentist should know this. Further, Candida is a fungal infection, antibiotics have no effect on it. The current drug of choice is Diflucan, a fungicide. Thrush (Candida albicans) is not painful as a rule, I had it numberous times after radiation. Search the main body fo the web site with the engine there and there are lots of articles on it on the site. If you have a rough feeling to that patch on your cheek, it could be something as simple hyperkeritosis from abrasion of the teeth adjacent to it, and that could stay there longer than the two week period we always refer to. I think you should get a second opinion. You don't say where you are in Florida, but if you are near a dental school, they always have a dental medicine specialist on staff and that would be a good choice to have look at this. This kind of dentist is trained in oral pathologies and the school wiil also have a oral pathologist on staff as well. Another option would be to have an oral surgeon have a look at this, he would also be able to do a quick biopsy if he felt it warrented while you were there to see him.

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