Tyler, TX
A 35-year-old female asked:
Burning lump where jaw meets ear. ear pain wisdom tooth has been trying to come in for years. looks like a bone is trying to come up?
2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Meredith Lassiteranswered
Family Medicine 16 years experience
Needs treatment: It sounds like a possible infection--tooth abscess or even an ear infection. You should seek treatment with your PCP
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Dr. Arnold Malerman commented
Orthodontics 55 years experience
Physicians do wondrous treatments for ear infections, but are not equipped by training or experience to treat most oral lesions. So you have to be seen by both Dentist and Physician.
Nov 16, 2019
Dr. Arnold Malermananswered
Orthodontics 55 years experience
Painful lump: Pain, bleed, or swelling deserves immediate attention. Your symptoms can be caused by any combination of intra-oral, temporo-mandibular joint, and/or ear infections, dysfunctions, and/or lesions. Please see both your General Dentist and your General Physician to begin the differential diagnostic process of comprehensive examinations, imaging, and/or lab tests. May need Specialists also.
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