Get Virtual Care
For Businesses
About Us
A member asked:
I have what seems to be a white head in my mouth right below my back tooth and it pops, is this an absest?
4 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Yes, a Fistula: When a pulp within the tooth becomes infected it dissolves and the tooth acts like a thermometer. Every time you eat something hot, the infected material expands and is pushed out of the tooth into the surrounding bone. The body sends in white blood cells to fight the infection and when they die, they form pus. The body tries to get rid of it by forming a tract to the surface. See a dentist today!
Answered 12/15/2018
5.5k views
Fistula: Sounds like you have an infection in the tooth and it is draining through a fistula. Please see a dentist to have it treated.
Answered 3/26/2013
5.5k views
Abcess? Yes.: A "white head" or "pimple" in the mouth on the gum tissue near your teeth is an indication that there is an infection that has tracked it's way out to drain. A lot of times this condition is not painful, as there is no swelling created within the underlying tissue. Go see you local dentist for an evaluation and its best to save the tooth rather than extract it.
Answered 1/5/2013
5.5k views
Related Questions
A member asked:
I have an abscess in the roof of my mouth next to my rear molars, is it likely i will have to have the tooth out, even if the abscess clears?
7 doctors weighed in across 4 answers
A member asked:
Large, red painful lump on cheek, doesn't come to a head like a spot. Just above where it's coming through so maybe I have an abscess or impacted wisdom tooth?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
Had impacted wisdom tooth removed, now have abscess, if it rupture, would it rupture on outside of my cheek where its red or would it rupture in mouth?
5 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
A member asked:
Two days ago my dentist started a pallet reconstruction on an abscess tooth. The next day i woke with a large painful lump on the roof of my mouth ?
4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
People also searched for:
Would a dental abscess cause most of the back teeth on the left side of my mouth to hurt? I have a white pimple above a tooth and the pain jus started
When I open my mouth the back right I see a white lump its not an abscess all my teeth are rotten it look like a tooth could it be a wisdom tooth? Or like oral cancer?
Headache back of head/temple,jaw pain,neck pain,cheek pain,ear ache,back tooth ache, jaw clicks,ear fullness w/popping. All symptoms come and go.DX advanced DDD,DJD 3 years ago, related? Could this be a brain tumor?Dr appt next wk.
I have tingling of my right cheek and some pain in upper right back teeth ,I have also head headaches, jaw popping, dizziness. ?
I have impacted wisdom teeth, no infection according to last month. Today I noticed raised bumps on my back gums, no fever or pain. I do have a slight metallic taste in mouth with nasal drip, mucus is white yellow green-ish. Could it be an abscess?
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
