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During Wisdom Tooth Eruption, What Could Lumps On Forehead, Neck, Ears Indicate?
Hi, my wisdom teeth are pushing through and it's causing me a lot of pain. I have three lumps on my head on the side of my toothache. One is behind my ear, another is on the back of my neck and the last is on top of my head, on the same side of my toothache and they are painful as well when I touch them.
Wed, 23 Apr 2014
thanks for your query, the lumps on the neck and behind the ear could be an enlarged lymphnode secondary to wisdom tooth infection..but the other lump on the forehead is not related to the tooth infection...consult a oral physician to rule out these things..take a course of antibiotics and take radiographs to see wether sufficient space is there in the jaw bone for the tooth to erupt..if space is not there then get the tooth removed..i hope my answer will help you..take care..
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