Painless Bumps Floor Of Mouth

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Painless bumps floor of mouth.

Many things can cause a bump on the roof your mouth. Lumps and bumps aren t uncommon in your mouth. The floor of mouth is a horseshoe shaped area under the tongue between the sides of the lower jawbone the mandible. Cancer of the floor of mouth accounts for 28 35 percent of all mouth cancers.

It may annoy you though because you feel a bump inside your mouth. Floor of the mouth cancer is cancer that begins on the tissue underneath your tongue. Floor of the mouth cancer most often begins in the thin flat cells that line the inside of your mouth squamous cells. Those on the floor of the mouth are called ranulas.

Also called a mucous cyst or mucocele the sac is harmless and painless says the national institutes of health nih. You may have experienced them before on your tongue lips or the back of your throat. A bump or injury could cause swelling. Changes in the look and feel of the tissue on the floor of the mouth such as a lump or a sore that doesn t heal are often the first signs.

The most significant risk factors for floor of mouth cancer are tobacco and alcohol use. Mucous cysts appear as soft swollen lumps that.