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Spot on cheek
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I'm a 21 year old male, and lately I've been having mouth problems. First I'd like to say I don't smoke and I drink about once every 2 or 3 months. I've got two bumps along my hard/soft palate line that are sometimes hard to see because they are under the gums not actually sticking out. I've had those for 5 months now.... and even had an oral cancer screening, but the dentist didnt see anything suspicious. Now the last 3 weeks my cheeks have also gotten two tiny "spots" on them as well. These are also bilateral one on each cheek and appeared at the same time.
I'm going to include a pic of one of these new spots. If you look at my finger and start looking to the right its a little below and to the right of the white flash from the camera. The spot looks like it has a brownish or blackish dot to it and its toward the back near a tooth.
What is this dot?
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6gvosz&s=4
I'm a 21 year old male, and lately I've been having mouth problems. First I'd like to say I don't smoke and I drink about once every 2 or 3 months. I've got two bumps along my hard/soft palate line that are sometimes hard to see because they are under the gums not actually sticking out. I've had those for 5 months now.... and even had an oral cancer screening, but the dentist didnt see anything suspicious. Now the last 3 weeks my cheeks have also gotten two tiny "spots" on them as well. These are also bilateral one on each cheek and appeared at the same time.
I'm going to include a pic of one of these new spots. If you look at my finger and start looking to the right its a little below and to the right of the white flash from the camera. The spot looks like it has a brownish or blackish dot to it and its toward the back near a tooth.
What is this dot?
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6gvosz&s=4
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Not really but its a little hard to tell on the picture.
Alright I may go back to my dentist or even an ENT.
If I had to ask does it look like anything extremely concerning or no?
If I had to ask does it look like anything extremely concerning or no?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
I understand your concern. If it puts your mind to ease, I would just have an oral surgeon or oral pathologist biopsy it and give you a report. That way you know for sure that they took it out and examined it.
Plus, sometimes with biospies, once you remove it, it never comes back even if it wasn't anything to begin with.
Plus, sometimes with biospies, once you remove it, it never comes back even if it wasn't anything to begin with.
No other symptoms in that area. I have swollen lymph nodes in my neck as well.... but I've had that problem for 5 months now alot longer than these dots. Matter of fact just a week and a half ago I got a CT scan on my neck, and they found nothing alarming. Other than my bottom right wisdom tooth is coming in and has made my gum alittle sore but is subsiding, my mouth seems fine. Wait... I do also have a white spot on my right tonsil but it seems to get bigger and smaller sometimes I think it could be food that keeps getting caught back there?
I feel normal, healthy, but I have this going on in my mouth and neck.... but none of the doctors I've seen seem to think it's anything.
I've been worried but their lack of worry confuses me, because I feel like something may be wrong, but i could be paranoid about it.
I feel normal, healthy, but I have this going on in my mouth and neck.... but none of the doctors I've seen seem to think it's anything.
I've been worried but their lack of worry confuses me, because I feel like something may be wrong, but i could be paranoid about it.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
There aren't any symptoms associated with the presence of the spots?
The area where the spot is close to where your parotid duct is. That's where the parotid salivary gland releases saliva. Generally there's a little bump in that area opposite the first maxillary molar (the first big molar in the upper). It may be hard to do but sometimes during an exam, I will "milk" the parotid duct by depressing the cheek and seeing if saliva comes out. I don't think you can manage that but that's how I would decide if it was just your parotid duct.
I'm not sure why its blackish or brownish though. Usually its a pink color.
Not sure what's going on the palatal. If you're still concerned, you can always go to an oral surgeon or oral pathologist and get it biopsied.
The area where the spot is close to where your parotid duct is. That's where the parotid salivary gland releases saliva. Generally there's a little bump in that area opposite the first maxillary molar (the first big molar in the upper). It may be hard to do but sometimes during an exam, I will "milk" the parotid duct by depressing the cheek and seeing if saliva comes out. I don't think you can manage that but that's how I would decide if it was just your parotid duct.
I'm not sure why its blackish or brownish though. Usually its a pink color.
Not sure what's going on the palatal. If you're still concerned, you can always go to an oral surgeon or oral pathologist and get it biopsied.
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