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? 

I'm struggling to understand this. Abscesses aren't diagnosed through touch, they're diagnosed via x rays and can sometimes be seen visually in the mouth. But the visual thing is only if the infection happens to have taken that path. So your dentist went about it the correct way. What makes you think it isn't an abscess if s/he is telling you it is? Because it's not sore? Not all abscess are sore, and there's not always pain. The pain comes when they stop draining. So if the infection is draining, you'll not necessarily feel anything.

Abscesses should up as a radiolucency on the xray, usually at one of the root tips. Was there a dark mark, usually a circle at one of your root tips?

No there was no abscess on the root tip he said abscess before even taking the x ray 

the lump is felt on the very bottom of my jawbone like it is attached to the bone goes slightly under the chin, feels big and is solid, the dentist did not feel the lump on my jawbone and he only took an X-ray of the tooth which he showed and said there was a mild infection I saw that but no actual abscess anywhere 

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 .

No thank you for being honest I had an idea it might be or could be serious if it’s an infection and it’s causing a lump there - my normal dentist leave recently so I don’t know my new one very well he never mentioned osteomyelitis

I’ll try and get a second opinion because the dentist wants to wait 3 months (I had a tooth out recently on my upper teeth and not sure if that’s why)  I was also on antibiotics endlessly for months due to multiple infections (pregnancy, surgery, tooth, ect) had a chest x ray for a long term cough,  I have severe folate deficiency, high risk hpv and I have a problem where my throat constantly feels irritated wouldn’t say sore but my last dental infection I had caused a lot of pain and was upper infection it may have spread to my jaw I did have some severe pain across the whole side of that mouth that went away when my tooth was removed but I would also have no idea how long the lumps been on my jaw I don’t really check my body much which doesn’t help - I only noticed after my son accidentally hit me there 

Either way thank you so much and I will see an oral surgeon and call the dentist asking for a second opinion and maybe get them to actually feel the lump I probably don’t think abscess as the ones I normally get are very soft and this feels solid 

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