Painless Bumps Floor Of Mouth

Also called a mucous cyst or mucocele the sac is harmless and painless says the national institutes of health nih.

Painless bumps floor of mouth.

The floor of mouth is a horseshoe shaped area under the tongue between the sides of the lower jawbone the mandible. It may annoy you though because you feel a bump inside your mouth. Men are diagnosed with floor of mouth cancer three to four times more often than women. Pearly or semi clear surface or bluish in color.

Those on the floor of the mouth are called ranulas. Floor of the mouth cancer is cancer that begins on the tissue underneath your tongue. A bump or injury could cause swelling. Floor of the mouth cancer most often begins in the thin flat cells that line the inside of your mouth squamous cells.

An oral mucous cyst will develop near one of the openings of the salivary glands under the tongue or on the lips cheeks or floor of the mouth. A mouth cyst is a thin fluid filled sac on the inside of your mouth. Lumps and bumps aren t uncommon in your mouth. Many things can cause a bump on the roof your mouth.

The most significant risk factors for floor of mouth cancer are tobacco and alcohol use. You may have experienced them before on your tongue lips or the back of your throat.