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Abnormally small lower jaw
Small lower jaw, or micrognathia, is sometimes part of a group of congenital abnormalities, and sometimes just a single familial trait.
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
35 year experience in Pediatrics
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A 32-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Small lower jaw?
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A 33-year old asked:
I have a small bump inside my right lower jaw. What could it be?
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A 19-year old male asked:
I want to know is there anything I can do at home to make my lower jaw grow because it is too small for my face?
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A 19-year old male asked:
I am experiencing abnormallly smaller lower jw but I dont have an under bite or over bite I dont think but the actual curve over the jaw is small?
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A female asked:
I have a small hole on gum where the lower jaw ends at right side..or I can say that gum has skipped from tooth at end of lower jaw.plesa help me.
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A male asked:
Im a 20 year old male and I have a small jaw and double chin. I have crowns on both my upper and lower 2nd molars on the right. Can this effec my jaw?
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A 23-year old male asked:
I have a painless small lump on my lower jaw. It doesn't ruin my looks and it doesn't bother me. Is it a lymph node?
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A 16-year old male asked:
I have small lower jaw and deep overbite can it be fixed with only braces? can lower jaw's form become better and bigger with braces ? I am male 17
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A male asked:
I have a small Whit patch and some soreness. It is behind my at molar in the very back of my lower jaw. My jaw was broke about a year and half ago an?
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A 44-year old asked:
If I have a small swelling, about the size of a grape, under my lower jaw of my neck. Any ideas?
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A 30-year old asked:
Will a slight overbite mean you have a small upper jaw (maxilla), and small lower jaw (mandible)?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Small pain sometimes in left jaw joint when I move. Eating today and something popped, sent pain into lower jaw. Now I feel nauseous. ?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Seen my dentist about draining a small abscess in my lower jaw. But she didn't- why? I'm currently on AB's but almost done, then penicillin next week.
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A 24-year old female asked:
Good mrn doc. Realised my toddler lower 3rd tooth coming out but crooked. He took after my small jaw. How can the crooked tooth be corrected sir/ma ?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Small hard lump under right ear behind lower jaw. Have had it for at least 5 years now. What could cause this and what affordable ways could treat it?
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A male asked:
Small swollen spot on inside of lower jaw...no pain. One identical, but not swollen on opposite jaw. Is this a cause for concern? Salivary Gland?
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A 20-year old male asked:
Slightly swollen lower frontal jaw-small pain Swollen lower lip (similar to punch) with white spot at the peak of swelling Woke up with this?Any ideas
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A 30-year old male asked:
I had two wisdom teeth pulled on my left side (upper and lower) in Feb 2016, today I have a small hard lump on my jaw. Its sensitive to the touch.
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A female asked:
Saw dentist today and panoramic xray showed a small square white area same color as teeth, in lower jaw. He said either bony growth or extra tooth?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Hi, I have currently discovered a small lump/cyst right in front of my ear, located by my jaw. The cyst seems to increases and decrease in size and varies day by day. It moves slightly and varies between the size of a pea and peanut. It feels more like ru
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A 25-year old male asked:
I have a small lump in my mouth at the bottom of my lower jaw central to the lower teeth. Where the gums meet the soft tissues. It's soft, no pain.
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A 35-year old female asked:
I have a small lower jaw and my doctor has advice for braces to make a gap for two teeth on both sides to implant. How long it take to get 6 mm gap?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Had a temp crown put on a lower molar. About a week later I have a small hard lump on my jaw line that I can move with my finger. no fever or obvious swelling but some mild aching. Is this concerning or will it go away?
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A 39-year old female asked:
I have a cold sore on my lower lip ( middle) that I do get from time to time. I also notice a small, painful (movable) lump right on my jaw right under my teeth. Just wondering if there was any correlation w the cold sores and that. ?
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A 60-year old female asked:
Small lump on right jaw joint near ear lobe ~ pops outward when open mouth. When eat or drink a cold item, pain in lump & on down to lower molars. TMJ?
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A 28-year old male asked:
I have a pain in my mouth, lower jaw, right at the back of the jaw. It is very painful to eat, spits and brush my teeth. There's a very painful small ball at that spot, it is very painful.
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A 46-year old asked:
Is it possible for people with small lower jaws to have an underbite?
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A 31-year old female asked about a 35-year old male:
My husband's left side of his head is completely numb an there is a small lump in the Lower bottom of his head?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I have a small painful lump on the lower back of my head, it has been there for 2 days and has some redness, it isnt from an injury. What is this?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I woke up a few days ago to find a small hard unmovable lump on my lower, back head and a movable small lump on the back left lower side of my neck?
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