Lump on lower jaw

Hey all 

I discovered a hard non movable lump that is painless on my lower jaw corner of the chin on the right side I would mandible on the mental foraman 

I saw my doctor who felt it looked confused and said he had no idea just go back if it grows so I made a dentist appointment who then tried telling me it is abscess but never felt the growth and only took an x ray off 3 teeth so I’m going to go back to the doctors, if I go back do you think they will just refer me? Should I ask to see another doctor for different opinion or would the same doctor be a better option he didn’t seem concerned because I have no other symptoms but I do have a mild sore throat, I have high risk hpv, smoker on and off and was exposed to second hand smoke my whole life 

it feels like it is attached to the bone and really hard it also can’t be seen on the outside of the face but it can be felt just wondering how I should approach this the doctors made me a telephone appointment when I used the online service but on the 8th December I’ll most likely try and get a same day appointment on Thursday 

Parents
  • Anobody have any idea? Seeing the doctor tomorrow and I mostly want to know what to say to the doctors to take my lump seriously and make sure I see the right specialist I assume I need to see an ENT for a lump on my lower jaw? 
    also any experiences with this? Did it turn out okay? Was is malignant? 

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  • Anobody have any idea? Seeing the doctor tomorrow and I mostly want to know what to say to the doctors to take my lump seriously and make sure I see the right specialist I assume I need to see an ENT for a lump on my lower jaw? 
    also any experiences with this? Did it turn out okay? Was is malignant? 

Children
  • Hi are you seeing the same Doctor today if you are its maybe a good thing as he'll know you're not going to be fobbed off ,if that fails you will probably have to pay another visit to the Dentist for them to explain and show you exactly what is going on ,at the end of the day you are responsible for your own health and you are doing the right thing by trying to get to the bottom of this ,I also worked in a Dentist setting and if the Dentist suspected an abscess he would have prescribed anti-biotics firstly ,I hope the Doctor takes this seriously today and gives some good advice ,let us know how you get on .

  • Hi there I could not get a day appointment as they ran out (nhs GP can be awkward) im hoping I see the same one tomorrow 

    the doctor who felt it seemed quite uneasy and confused so I think he won’t fob me off if I see him again, he mainly didn’t do much the first time as I said I have no symptoms but I never even asked what symptoms he means and I have stuff like throat irritation that’s been there for a year but that’s about it don’t think that’s related but could be as I know it’s all close proximity 

    Thank you! I thought the same that he would prescribe antibiotics if it was an infection especially causing a lump it’s not even like a tiny lump or a ball it’s more like a rugby ball shape I would say feels 2cm long