Small Lump Floor Of Mouth

Cancer of the floor of mouth accounts for 28 35 percent of all mouth cancers.

Small lump floor of mouth. Floor of the mouth cancer most often begins in the thin flat cells that line the inside of your mouth squamous cells. An oral mucous cyst will develop near one of the openings of the salivary glands under the tongue or on the lips cheeks or floor of the mouth. 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. The most significant risk factors for floor of mouth cancer are tobacco and alcohol use.

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. The floor of mouth is a horseshoe shaped area under the tongue between the sides of the lower jawbone the mandible. Lumps and bumps aren t uncommon in your mouth. It doesnt bleed and it only hurts when i apply a fair ammount of pressure.

I noticed this 3 days ago. Fromt the beginning of my gums on the back of my teeth. It is white but i think this may be because i scrached at it thnking it was a. Mucous cysts appear as soft swollen lumps that.

I have a small lump on the floor of my mouth about 1 cm. Men are diagnosed with floor of mouth cancer three to four times more often than women. Many things can cause a bump on the roof your mouth.