Munchlet
10-05-13, 17:22
Hi
As some of your may have read from my previous posts I'm trying to get my HA under control with healthy eating, vitamins and exercise and on the whole I am feeling a lot better.
I'm feeling a bit anxious today and I've started worrying about something which I've had a for a long time (Can't remember how long) and I'm cross with myself because I could have stopped this worrying if I'd just bothered to check with my dentist or hygienist both of whom I've seen in the last few weeks.
Basically on the inside of my mouth I have a hard bony lump underneath my teeth facing inwards towards my tongue. It's painless and when you push it you can see white underneath almost looking like bone but for some reason today I can't leave it alone.
It's never even bothered me before, it's just on the gumline a one tooth away from where I had to have a tooth extracted due to a bad absecess and I think in my mind I've always put it down to having a missing tooth there.
I've googled it and I think it's a Tori Mandibular, it certainly sounds like it and I've looked and pictures and it's in exactly the same place that they occur , but I think what's worrying me is my dentist has never mentioned it.
I had a dental exam yesterday and had a filling so dentist was spending a good deal of time prodding and poking around. I also had a thorough clean and polish by the hygienist a couple of weeks ago and they both said everything was good and looked fine, but you know what it's like because neither of them mentioned it I'm now thinking what if they didn't notice it.
It's fairly noticeable as it's an obvious lump on the gumline so I trying to think rationally that if it was anything concerning they would have to mention it and they are trained to look for these things, but my HA is saying, they probably haven't even noticed it and I'm shouldn't just take it for granted that it's fine.
Everything I've read about them says they are fairly common, completely harmless and tend to occur in people who are stressed and grind their teeth etc, it also says any nearby trauma is believed to contribute to causing them.
So obviously with HA I'm stressed most of the time, my husband has said I grind my teeth, the tooth next door but one had to be removed due to a bad abscess and the lump is located in the exact place where these Tori things are found, this is the rational side of my brain talking. The HA side says it's a cancer of the bone I've ignored for probably years and my dentist and hygienist just haven't noticed it, oh and it hasn't showed up on any x rays I've had done previously!
Anyone else got anything similar and would a dentist have noticed it do you think?
thanks
As some of your may have read from my previous posts I'm trying to get my HA under control with healthy eating, vitamins and exercise and on the whole I am feeling a lot better.
I'm feeling a bit anxious today and I've started worrying about something which I've had a for a long time (Can't remember how long) and I'm cross with myself because I could have stopped this worrying if I'd just bothered to check with my dentist or hygienist both of whom I've seen in the last few weeks.
Basically on the inside of my mouth I have a hard bony lump underneath my teeth facing inwards towards my tongue. It's painless and when you push it you can see white underneath almost looking like bone but for some reason today I can't leave it alone.
It's never even bothered me before, it's just on the gumline a one tooth away from where I had to have a tooth extracted due to a bad absecess and I think in my mind I've always put it down to having a missing tooth there.
I've googled it and I think it's a Tori Mandibular, it certainly sounds like it and I've looked and pictures and it's in exactly the same place that they occur , but I think what's worrying me is my dentist has never mentioned it.
I had a dental exam yesterday and had a filling so dentist was spending a good deal of time prodding and poking around. I also had a thorough clean and polish by the hygienist a couple of weeks ago and they both said everything was good and looked fine, but you know what it's like because neither of them mentioned it I'm now thinking what if they didn't notice it.
It's fairly noticeable as it's an obvious lump on the gumline so I trying to think rationally that if it was anything concerning they would have to mention it and they are trained to look for these things, but my HA is saying, they probably haven't even noticed it and I'm shouldn't just take it for granted that it's fine.
Everything I've read about them says they are fairly common, completely harmless and tend to occur in people who are stressed and grind their teeth etc, it also says any nearby trauma is believed to contribute to causing them.
So obviously with HA I'm stressed most of the time, my husband has said I grind my teeth, the tooth next door but one had to be removed due to a bad abscess and the lump is located in the exact place where these Tori things are found, this is the rational side of my brain talking. The HA side says it's a cancer of the bone I've ignored for probably years and my dentist and hygienist just haven't noticed it, oh and it hasn't showed up on any x rays I've had done previously!
Anyone else got anything similar and would a dentist have noticed it do you think?
thanks