# I have a strange lump in my mouth **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 28, 2000, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-strange-lump-in-my-mouth/6678 "2000-01-28T19:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2000, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-strange-lump-in-my-mouth/6678/21 "2000-01-29T17:51:00Z")
“Eight out of every 10 American adults are infected with the herpes simplex virus, or HSV” From the site… [http://www.nidr.nih.gov/slavkin/inf\_imm.htm](http://www.nidr.nih.gov/slavkin/inf_imm.htm) ---
**Author:** ![fuzzy-wuzzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b38774/32.png) [@fuzzy-wuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzy-wuzzy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-strange-lump-in-my-mouth/6678/22 "2000-01-30T06:48:00Z")
I’d go with the dentist deal. Especially if the lump is closer to a tooth than it is to the center of your mouth. You can have an abcessed tooth with no pain…for a while, but when the pain hits…down you go * * * “Do or do not, there is no try” - Yoda ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-strange-lump-in-my-mouth/6678/23 "2000-01-30T02:59:00Z")
I once had a small lump in the roof of my mouth when I was 6. The dentist took some X-rays and found out it was an abnormal tooth growing there. :eek: After 2 hours of surgury, they finally got the tooth out. Ugly looking thing, looked like a small spiky ball. So it could be an abnormal tooth growing up there. Have fun. 😃 * * * …and remember, duct tape fixes _all_ your problems, big and small. [Fun with HTML (tutoral) : The True Sequal](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Archives/Archive-000001/HTML/19991103-2-000302.html) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-strange-lump-in-my-mouth/6678/24 "2000-01-30T07:04:00Z")
It can also be a pimple. Some people get them on the roof of their mouth, albeit rarely. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-strange-lump-in-my-mouth/6678/25 "2000-01-30T12:36:00Z")
Kelli- It’s probably nothing. Don’t let these blokes weird you out. If it’s bothering you, go to the Doctor or Dentist, whichever is convenient. 🆒 🆒 * * * With magic, you can turn a frog into a prince. With science, you can turn a frog into a Ph.D, and you still have the frog you started with. ---
**Author:** ![Phydeaux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@Phydeaux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phydeaux)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-strange-lump-in-my-mouth/6678/26 "2000-01-30T13:12:00Z")
Does it fill with liquid (spit I mean) and then go back down, like just before a meal? I actually have one of these. I went to the dentist and he told me it’s common. Joe * * * There are three kinds of people: Those who can count and those who can’t. ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-strange-lump-in-my-mouth/6678/27 "2000-01-30T14:50:00Z")
Um, statistica aside, I have NEVER had a cold sore, thankyouverymuch! this lump isnt pimply in nature, it hasnt changed in shape or size… BUT I havent been to a dentist in many years either so it is probably tooth related… off to start another thread… ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-strange-lump-in-my-mouth/6678/28 "2000-01-30T14:54:00Z")
Because that will solve your problem how? ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-strange-lump-in-my-mouth/6678/29 "2000-01-31T15:02:00Z")
Okay, enough people have taken this seriously that I feel I can risk a smartass remark… When I saw this thread, I almost didn’t want to read it, because I KNEW the subject matter wouldn’t live up to the title. (sigh) * * * Live a Lush Life Da Chef ---
**Author:** ![Crystalguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dbc845/32.png) [@Crystalguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crystalguy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-strange-lump-in-my-mouth/6678/30 "2000-01-31T19:22:00Z")
I had a white lump in my mouth and didn’t even know it. My dentist spotted it during a routine tooth cleaning and sent me to an oral surgeon. The biopsy revealed that the little bump was malignant. That report was a real heart stopper. Oral surgery is not fun but if you need it, you gotta get it. Let a Dentist and/or an oral surgeon look at it ASAP. Don’t just sit around and worry about it, get on with it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-strange-lump-in-my-mouth/6678.md?page=1)