What can cause painful lump on cheek? - Dr. Srivats Bharadwaj

Lot of people have problems in the mouth and swellings coming up in the mouth. The most common cause for these would be impacted teeth or inflamed gums, food getting lodged. Please don’t panic. Visit your dentist and get yourself evaluated without delay. More than 97.6% people suffer from impacted wisdom teeth which is the largest cause of swelling or painful lumps in your mouth. Apart from that it is important for you to get an oral cancer screening do at least once in a year and today with thee advancement in technology we have digital fluoroscopy devices which are noninvasive even before you can think of a biopsy. We can hold these light held devices which can take images or pictures of your check, soft tissues, mouth, bone eye and give an indication whether the bone is healthy or there is any indication of any change, which caught early can definitely be better in terms of the outcome, because treatments will be less invasive and outcomes will be great. So never miss an oral cancer screening. Do it atleast once a year and as I told you, there are many good devices. So don’t get scared.