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I’ve Seen Many Dentist In The Last 2 Years Because
Question: I’ve seen many dentist in the last 2 years because I have a spot on my upper teeth line in the left back that feels like scare tissue but will get soft and then flare and feel like a scab and becomes irritating to the touch. When it flares my upper left back gum line, cheek bone and ear start to hurt and I start feeling a shocking feeling when I step to hard or bend over in my left upper gum. One dentist said the spot was a scare, one said looked like a fungus and other didn’t know. I have a full upper denture. Would an ent do the biopsy and figure out what the spot is and if it’s causing these shocking sensations in my gum/cheek area?
Brief Answer:
Seeing an ENT doctor is advisable, very likely the biopsy will be ordered but certain treatments might be tried first
Detailed Answer:
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I read your query in details and here is my advice:
- if a lesion is not completely healing but coming back, especially if it comes back in the same location very likely a biopsy would be a good idea, just to be on the safe side
- I would recommend you to go on and have an appointment with an ENT doctor as this is the best medical specialist to deal with mouth lesions.
- Very likely the ENT doctor will order a biopsy unless s/he sees signs of a clear diagnosis that does not need a biopsy. Sometimes the doctor might consider a diagnosis, recommend treatment according to your response to that treatment.
So very likely a biopsy will be ordered but it can happen that some treatments might be tried first if a certain diagnosis is considered as the cause.
I hope this answers your query.
Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Antoneta Zotaj,
General and Family Physician
Seeing an ENT doctor is advisable, very likely the biopsy will be ordered but certain treatments might be tried first
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome to 'Ask a Doctor' service...
I read your query in details and here is my advice:
- if a lesion is not completely healing but coming back, especially if it comes back in the same location very likely a biopsy would be a good idea, just to be on the safe side
- I would recommend you to go on and have an appointment with an ENT doctor as this is the best medical specialist to deal with mouth lesions.
- Very likely the ENT doctor will order a biopsy unless s/he sees signs of a clear diagnosis that does not need a biopsy. Sometimes the doctor might consider a diagnosis, recommend treatment according to your response to that treatment.
So very likely a biopsy will be ordered but it can happen that some treatments might be tried first if a certain diagnosis is considered as the cause.
I hope this answers your query.
Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Antoneta Zotaj,
General and Family Physician
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