Concern about white spot on gum - 11-12-2012 12:20 AM
Hello, I am new to your community and after researching online about symptoms, I see this place seems to be the most knowledgeable/respectful of the communities that I have come across. I apologize in advance as I know many have asked you questions regarding your opinions on their situations in the past, and I know that nobody can diagnose anything online.
However, I have been able to take a picture of a spot that I have noticed on my gum, right below my canine tooth. I don't know if this is a normal part of the anatomy or not, and I recently saw my dentist just 16 days ago and he gave me a thorough OC exam with no problems reported. However, this spot that I noticed Friday has provided me with little sleep as I am a hypochondriac.
I am 29 years old, drink socially, never smoked, and have unfortunately used some smokeless tobacco in the past 2 years on/off (mostly the "safer" Swedish Snus, even though no tobacco is safe). An by used, I mean I have never been a daily user would often go 2+ months in between. However, this does pose me at more of a risk I'd imagine than if I never engaged in this behavior before.
Thank you for any opinions. I will get this checked out if it doesn't go away in 2 weeks, however I don't think I can handle 2 sleepless weeks and hoping that this can provide me some temporary relief.
[img:center]http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/819/mouthi.jpg/ [/img]
However, I have been able to take a picture of a spot that I have noticed on my gum, right below my canine tooth. I don't know if this is a normal part of the anatomy or not, and I recently saw my dentist just 16 days ago and he gave me a thorough OC exam with no problems reported. However, this spot that I noticed Friday has provided me with little sleep as I am a hypochondriac.
I am 29 years old, drink socially, never smoked, and have unfortunately used some smokeless tobacco in the past 2 years on/off (mostly the "safer" Swedish Snus, even though no tobacco is safe). An by used, I mean I have never been a daily user would often go 2+ months in between. However, this does pose me at more of a risk I'd imagine than if I never engaged in this behavior before.
Thank you for any opinions. I will get this checked out if it doesn't go away in 2 weeks, however I don't think I can handle 2 sleepless weeks and hoping that this can provide me some temporary relief.
[img:center]http:/