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What Can Be The Cause Of A Lump Felt When Clenching The Jaw?

when i clench my jaw i feel a kind of hard lump on the left side of my face at the back of my jaw, i can feel it through my cheek. for the past couple of weeks the left side of my face/neck/ear area has been feeling strange, not necessarily painful but just strange. what could this be?
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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thanks for your query, i have gone through your question, the lump on the bacjk of your jaw could be an irritational fibroma arising from cheek mucosa secondary to trauma caused by the teeth or it could be a intramucosal or intramassetric lipoma...consult your oral physician to rule out these things..i hope my answer will help you...take care..
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What Can Be The Cause Of A Lump Felt When Clenching The Jaw?

thanks for your query, i have gone through your question, the lump on the bacjk of your jaw could be an irritational fibroma arising from cheek mucosa secondary to trauma caused by the teeth or it could be a intramucosal or intramassetric lipoma...consult your oral physician to rule out these things..i hope my answer will help you...take care..