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gum issue

I have a growth on my gum----looks like a skin tag.  It's on the very back of my top gum.  It doesn't hurt at all.  It started as a whitish blister but after noticing the other day, has grown quite long and looks like a skin tag.  
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I would visit your dentist for a definitive diagnosis asap.
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probablky not serious. see your dentist for a possible referral to an oral surgeon or periodontist.
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