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Lumps under skin inside mouth below lip
I am a lip biter and have been since childhood. Over time I have realized I have a lot of different sized small hard lumps inside the tissue in front of my lower teeth and a few in my cheeks/upper lip area. They seem to mostly be in the areas I frequent bite, although some are not places I could reach.
They aren’t painful and they aren’t visible. I can feel them slightly with my tongue and a lot more with my fingers if I feel along the inside of my lower lip area. I suspect they’ve been there a long time but I only noticed how many there are recently. I get regular dental checkups and I had a full exam 2 months ago with panoramic X-rays and the dentist has never mentioned them.
Wondered if anyone else has similar or any idea what they might be? Plan to ask the dentist next time I’m in but thought I’d ask here too. Thanks.
They aren’t painful and they aren’t visible. I can feel them slightly with my tongue and a lot more with my fingers if I feel along the inside of my lower lip area. I suspect they’ve been there a long time but I only noticed how many there are recently. I get regular dental checkups and I had a full exam 2 months ago with panoramic X-rays and the dentist has never mentioned them.
Wondered if anyone else has similar or any idea what they might be? Plan to ask the dentist next time I’m in but thought I’d ask here too. Thanks.
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