and to add, looking at that picture the lump is situated where you cant see in the live photo, If I had a lump like that near my teeth I dont think I would worry so much an d attribute it to an absess. x

Hi Becky

As it is not possible to make a diagnosis over the Internet, I suggest that you ask your doctor/dentist for an urgent referral to the local maxillofacial unit. If you already under review with them as I expect you are, call the hospital department yourself and explain your fears and ask for an appointment.

Let me know how you get on.

Best wishes
Vinod

Hello again Dr Vinod, Sorry I have not replies sooner but have been having real problems this end. I have a question as the dentist nor the Doctor seem to be able to answer me this, in fact they keep refering me back and forth between themselves, the dentist saying its the doctor and the doctor saying you need to see your dentist. In all honesty they are wearing me out with the to and fro Im doing.
The question I have that Maxiofacial wont be able to answer for another 2 weeks until my appointment :/ Is it possible? That a absess on the lower right jaw, sitting under 4 rotted teeth that causes no pain yet I occasionally feel a throb under the jaw, and a face full of teeth that I have now found out are all infected, could cause pain in the neck which has been going on for some time, that has now spread to the shoulders and down the arms. The dentist says possible and the doctor says anatomically impossible??? Im so so confused. I know an abcess can spread to the brain (rare) but can, but can it start to travel down the neck and into the surrounding areas? I have wanted to say to my Doctor that I feel like Im being slowly poisoned but fear she may think Im stark raving bonkers. I feel very unwell with lots of symptoms.
Please help Doctor no one else seems to care.

P.S I did call the hospital Maxiofacial dept myself twice and asked for my appointment to be brought forward and I actually pleaded with them and expalined everything, they still wouldnt help me!!!

Hello Becky

It appears you are not perceived to have a mouth cancer and your profile says you haven't had a mouth cancer. You probably have some infection from your rotted teeth and have already been given an NHS appointment. It is not perceived to be urgent. If you wish to be seen sooner, I suggest that you see a specialist privately.

Best wishes
Vinod

Hello Dr

Thank you for replying, I understand totally all you have said. I did come on to the forum becasue I had a lump on my hard palate which has now totally dissappeared thankfully. I understand that this forum is no longer applicable to me and thank you for you time it indeed helped by making me get a second opinion, which was a good thing as the second dentist was concerned I hadnt been treated properly. So thank you. I just wonder in my case with the information I give you, any idea which specialist I would need to find privately as I dont know where to begin? Kindest regards

Hi my name is shavonda and i have noticed a small note on the roof of my mouth. Although there have been many before this 1 it's a little different. It's rounded and hard and i caan't eat anything hot or it start irrtating really bad. please let me know what this might be

Hi Shavonda

It could be any number of things, but online diagnosis is imprudent and impractical. Since you've had "many before this," and because it's interfering with eating, the best thing for you do to is schedule an appointment with your dentist or doctor.

Please let us know how this turns out.

Julia

I had my soft lump in the same place that you describe, and it also comes and goes. My dentist said that he thought it was a saliva gland, but after an xray he said it may be a tumor and I need an immediate biopsy and surgery. Moral of the story, don't ignore it.

I hve been reading this forum and wud like to thank Dr Joshi for all this replies

2-3 weeks back I had fever followed by throat infection, I actually felt slight pain and something growing in the left of my soft palate near the place where hard and soft palate meet somewhere close to wisdom teeth.. I guess I don't hve wisdom teeth.. I aslo had problems with my jaw a small clicking noise and pain while chewing in jaw joint below my ear..
Now I am ok , The jaw got much better, no symtoms of anything whatsover.. only thing is I can still feel the painless hard bony lump from my tongue.. I cannot see anything from mirror.. Google about it freaks me out for obvious reason.. I have turned hypochondriac for no reasons,For eg I got some ulcers on my tongue which went away on its own in 3-4 days ..
Now I understand I need to go to dentist for checkup to remove any fear
but I am hestitating for that coz
1) I may get some vague daignosis, the dentist near my place may not be doing such screenings
2) Again I m from India, and no one does dental screening for cancer here I guess, I mean I don't know what shud i say to denstist , will he think of me as a hyerchondriac stupid, since I don't am normal expect feeling that bony lumps with my tongue..
I don't smoke , drink or chew tobacco.. Used to eat areca nut , supari a lot as a kid some 10-12 yrs ago and am young 27

Julia ur doing a really grt job here too .. cheers

Hello vjsiddi

Please see your dentist about your fear. Your dentist knows what is normal and what is not and will be able to reassure you or refer you you to someone who can.

Best wishes
Vinod

Thanks Dr Joshi for ur reply..
I went today and the dentist said its nothing, He checked my mouth with a mirror ,cheeks teeth and all and said my mouth is fine and he doesn't see anything which cud be major disease.. I showed him with my tongue that I feel a hard bony lump but he just shrugged it off .. Thing is its very small invisible to naked eyes and only felt by tongue.. and yea am fine in all other aspects.. I did a mistake I shud hve asked him to wear his gloves and feel the area in my mouth which i referring too.. He advised trival things like cleaning is needed etc :-|..
anyways I will wait for a month or two and if i still feel it there I will go to a differnt dentist and ask him to feel the area with his fingers..

Hey guys, I have recently found a painful when proded hard lump on the roof of my mouth about a cm to the left on the line where my hard palat meets my soft palat. I have recently started smoked cigarellos 3 total. And occasionally drink. What are the chances that it is cancerous? Or some sort of tumor? It is not discolored and hard to see with the naked eye.

Good Morning Falcon,
See your dentist for a proper diagnosis, What you describe could be one of many things, most of which are minor problems.You can do yourself a favour by stopping smoking.
You are quite right to be vigilant, the standard advice is "if changes occur in the mouth and do not clear in three weeks see your dentist or doctor"
Keep Smiling
John