Anita,

Leukoplakia is just a generic descriptive term for any white tissue in the mouth. Leukoplakia must be biopsied to find out specifically what it is: hyperplasia, dysplasia, cancer, fibroma, papilloma, etc. Leukoplakia can be benign, precancerous, or cancerous. The ENT said he would be more concerned if it was red underneath because a red patch, or an erythroplakia, is much more like to be precancercous or cancerous than a leukoplakia (white patch). That being said, no one, no physician or dentist, can tell you definitively that a leukoplakia or an erythroplakia is "nothing" with the naked eye. A biopsy is always requied to get a definitive answer. If you want a biopsy, insist on it.

I hope it turns out to be nothing.

Barb