Any help for swelling on the roof of my mouth behind my teeth?

Ok, I have always had a little bump behind my right canine tooth. Just a small one and never thought anything about it because my dentist never said anything. I have had it swell a bit before but last night it was tender and I pushed on it with my tongue, now the front part of my mouth, just behind my teeth is swollen?! Anyone know what might be going on?

Any help for swelling on the roof of my mouth behind my teeth?
Or, it could be what's called "rugae," which is a perfectly normal part of your anatomy. They get irritated with hard food sometimes.





But nobody here can tell you what it is without seeing it. Go to your dentist.





This reminds me of the time a mom and dad brought their 5 year old in to see me. He had an abscess on a molar. I looked in his mouth for about 0.8 seconds and said, "He has an abscess." The mom hit the dad and said, "Well, that was twenty bucks wasted." I was kind of shocked by her reaction and asked what she meant by that. She said, "Well genius doctor here bought a home medical book to try to figure out what that bump was. He decided that it was either leukemia or an abscessed tooth and then he figured it would be cheaper to see a dentist than go to the hospital. I told him to go to the dentist in the first place and I didn't need any damn book to tell me that."
Reply:Go to a dentist. It is a tumor. They are going to have to take out your teeth and part of your brain.





Duh. Go to a dentist.
Reply:your teeth might be rubbing against your gums somehow and irritating them making it swell up. maybe swishing with salt water will help reduce that or talking to your dentist
Reply:it could be an ulcer or you are heaty.. put Bongela (a gel for mouth ulcer) it will help to cool it.
Reply:It sounds like an abcess. Your dentist will give you antibiotics that will make it go away.





If you press up on it, and it's making a bitter taste in your mouth, I can guarantee that it's an infection. Even if it's not, though, it never hurts to go to your dentist.





If it's an infection, though, with antibiotics, it can still take up to two weeks to go away.





(I deal with bruxism, or grinding of the teeth, fairly often, and something like what you'redescribing has happened to me a couple of times)





But, seriously, time to see the dentist.
Reply:Please go see a dentist.





From the information provided it sounds like an acute exacerbation of a chronic abcess that must be attended to as soon as possible.





The abcess could originate from the canine tooth if not the adjacent teeth or from the connective tissues that surround those teeth.





The dental appointment COULD involve root canal treatment, so be mentally aware of this.
Reply:Did you eat something that was temperature hot??? It could have burned your palatine rugae, and it hurts like a mother!!!!



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