Get Virtual Care
For Businesses
About Us
A member asked:
Can a mucocele on the roof of the mouth get bone hard and then become soft again? can it last for months?
10 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Not likely: A mucocele, if that is indeed what your oral lesion is, is a fluid-filled cavity, usually occurring on the lower lip after minor trauma. It may spontaneously rupture with complete resolution. If it is symptomatic, your doctor may choose to excise it or vaporize it with a carbon dioxide laser.
Answered 11/14/2015
2.1k views
Mucocele: A Mucocele is a fluid filled sack that usually occurs on the lips. Any swelling on the roof of the mouth is not normal and needs to be examined, especially if it has lasted longer than 10 days, or has reoccurred. See your dentist or an oral surgeon ASAP.
Answered 8/23/2016
2.1k views
Unusual: Unusual place for a mucocele. Please be evaluated by an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon.
Answered 11/3/2015
2.1k views
Related Questions
A member asked:
Bone on roof of mouth swollen and painful. What do I do?
4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
A member asked:
White shape in roof of mouth. M so around the back of teeth and a line in the middle. Is that normal or serious?Creamy white. Doc says bone? Possible?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
If the oral surgeon perforated the roof of mouth near #1 tooth with an instrument or the bone, how close is brain and major nerves in this area?
7 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
A member asked:
I had a bump in my mouth that I poked at and now it has moved and spread out (not get bigger, just longer) Could it be a mucocele that didn't drain?
3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
A member asked:
Yesterday morning I had a mucocele in my lower right lip removed. My lip is swollen from stitches and it's hard to eat; when will swelling go down?
6 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
People also searched for:
I have a tiny bump on the roof of mouth that change from bone hard to soft or vice versa through the day. what is it? my oral surgeon isn't concerned
Dentist says I have a mucus cyst on roof of mouth. I find myself constantly pushing on it with my tongue. Will cause ear and jaw pain?
When is tori bone removal needed from the roof of the mouth?
What is the small lump on the very back of the roof of your mouth it kinda feels like a bone is this normal?
I had atooth extracted a week ago, I have a bone that is painful on the roof of my mouth, is that normal or should I go seek and oral surgeon?
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
