A third/extra tooth under the gum?

[Idunna]

I had a dentist appointment today (with a new dentist) and was shown on my x-ray an extra tooth above one of my front two teeth, it is at an angle. It is apparently a third tooth if humans had 3 sets anyway. Of all the dentists I've ever been to, no one has ever mentioned this before. You cannot see it but on the xray. I cannot feel it and it does not hurt. I've never known it was there, no sign ever.

The dentist said that these extra teeth can sometimes turn into a tumor or cancer but I cannot find any information online at all about extra teeth hidden under the gum.

Can you give me some information about this, can this extra tooth be dangerous in the future? I am curious if this can be characteristic of ones bloodline how some traits are, specifically melungeons since my grandfathers line had some melungeon in it.

Thanks

[Gigglez11]

I had an extra tooth hiding in the middle of two of my right lower teeth. It was located inside in my tongue area, I first heard of my extra tooth when I was about 10 years old. I had a bump like thingy inside my mouth which was my tooth. It recently started hurting, I got surgery just like a month ago for  the extraction. Now my teeth, where it was located feel loose. Don't know what to do!

[fasciolaria]

My dentist told me the same way.. i have two extra teeth fully grown inside my lower gum..cannot see or feel it... only in xray.. after changing 3 doctors with all the result .. last doctor told me to just leave it but have to do ultrasound every 2 months coz if one of those keeps growing bigger then no choice but to take it out.... He told me quite risky if we do operation coz my face one side might become numb till those nerves recover from jawline..

[shouldi]

You can't get a tumor or cancer from and extra tooth sweetie he just wants your money.
Look at it this way if that was true everyone in the world would have tumors and cancer in their mouth. When we start losing our baby teeth what do you think is pushing them out? It is our adult teeth already there just waiting to come up.

[stressedinNYC]

It is a mesiodens.  It is the most common extra tooth.  Leave it alone.  Nothing will happen to it.  I am SHOCKED that no other dentist has told you this before.  New dentists are much more attuned to looking at these kinds of things.  I would stick with this dentist, but I would leave the mesiodens alone (look it up on the internet and you will be able to compare pictures and information to what you have).

[Idunna]

Thank you for the input, I greatly appreciate it.

:)

[drcm]

They certainly cannot become cancercous.  A cyst can potentially very rarely develop but this is not dangerous.  My advice would be to leave well alone!