Hello Everyone,
I just wound up on this site why trying to look for answers. I had a lump to the left of my upper front teeth on the gumline near the teeth. My dentist sent me to an oral surgeon who did an excisional biopsy. I figured everything was cool since I did not hear back from him for two weeks when I had a follow up. He than told me that I was diagnosed with Dysplasia and it needed to be treated or it would turn into Cancer. Obviously I freaked out because of the normal stuff. One night I watched my kids sleep and started to cry and I was really worrying about it. I got a copy of the biopsy and read it as I have some more surgery so they can remove the rest of the abnormal cell growth. The final diagnosis was Papillary Epitheial Proliferation with features of Dysplasia. The slightly worrisome part is that in the same area that they cut out, a smaller lump is there. I saw the dentist this Monday and they said it looks alot better so I guess I should stop worrying. I was just curious if anyone knows anything about dysplasia and what the timeline is for it to turn into Cancer? Thank you for your time.