Hard Bony Lump In Floor Of Mouth

It can vary in size from hardly.

Hard bony lump in floor of mouth.

Relationship with tmj problems if you have any. Bone growths in the mouth can be a lot of different situations. The mass appears in the middle of the hard palate and can vary in size and shape. This lump called a torus.

Although a lump is often one of the first signs of mouth cancer those lumps are almost always soft. The most significant risk factors for floor of mouth cancer are tobacco and alcohol use. However some people may have a hard lump or protrusion extending out of this area. According to the journal of clinical and diagnostic research tori or torus if it is a single bump are harmless growths of bone within the mouth.

These bumps are most likely harmless growths of extra bone called tori. I noticed this 3 days ago. Lump on floor of mouth pressed with tongue moved somewhere now excessive saliva and pulsating sensation on mouth floor all day. The floor of mouth is a horseshoe shaped area under the tongue between the sides of the lower jawbone the mandible.

Torus palatinus is a harmless painless bony growth located on the roof of the mouth the hard palate. They are simply defined as hills of bone covered by normal gum tissue and are considered to be ordinary and completely healthy. The hard palate or roof of the mouth is slightly rounded and usually smooth. Because a tori in the mouth tori means bone growth is always hard a hard lump is unlikely to be cancerous.

Torus palatinus is a bony growth in the middle of the hard palate also known as the roof of your mouth. If it was always there nodules may be calcium deposits. Men are diagnosed with floor of mouth cancer three to four times more often than women. The reasons for the bump both small and large on the gums include.

This lump bump is somewhat hard and it doesnt move it is white ontop but it think this may be from me scraping at it with my finer nail. Cancer of the floor of mouth accounts for 28 35 percent of all mouth cancers. It doesnt bleed and it only hurts when i apply a fair ammount of pressure. Gary sandler answered 53 years experience dentistry.

Hello i have a small lump bump on the floor of my mouth under my toungue about 1 cm from the beginning of the gums on the back of my teeth. It can vary in size from hardly noticeable to very large.