water bubbles

For the past month every so often i will notice a tiny bubble right in the inside cheek near where my wisdom teeth were. Usually i just pop them and they go away but then a couple days later they will return. I am getting rather scared as to if this could be some sort of cancer or gum disease. Please get back to me with any information you might have. Thank you.

[Jerome Tsang, DDS]

When's the last time you had a dental checkup?  

It may possibly be an infection so its a good idea to get it checked out.  Sometimes a fistula can start which is a little pimple of the gums that can be popped but usually leaks out fluid or pus.  This is actually a tract of an infection that starts in the jawbone and pokes out through the gums.

[xolilcutie68ox]

The last time i had a dental check up was in September but this issue was not happening. Also i would like to include they do not pop out from the gum line, but from the inside of my cheek rather. They are tiny and most likely leak out water but they are so far back i cannot see them because like i said they are by where my wisdom teeth once were. I am just worried this might be a symptom of something else. But thank you, and i will probably get it checked out!

[Jerome Tsang, DDS]

Ah ok.  So its a little bump on the cheek next to the upper molars I assume.  That's probably your Stensen's duct which empties saliva into your mouth from the parotid gland located in your cheek.  It probably was there all the time but you may not have noticed it.  You can get it checked out anyways.  Sometimes the parotid can get infected and release pus.  Do you have any bad taste, smell, swelling or other symptoms?

[xolilcutie68ox]

No, not that i notice. Sometimes, (i know this is probaby not smart), i reach back there with my nail and i can pop the tiny bumps. I have had them in my mouth in other places from time to time. The only reason i was concerned now was because for the past month every couple of days they will re-appear in the same area. They just look like clear tiny bubbles raised from the inside of my cheek. And it feels like when i pop them that watery substance comes out, and then they will disappear for that time being.