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Hello i have 3 small red dots on the roof of my mouth. they are painless and not raised. what could this be?!
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Petechiae: The small red dots could be from a number of different causes. One possibility is that the red dots could be petechiae, which can occur when small blood vessels rupture.
Answered 3/29/2015
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