Hi, I chipped my tooth last week and the next day I was looking at it and noticed a bump on the gum above the next tooth over. I thought it was a canker sore. I went to the dentist to have my tooth fixed and he x-rayed it and the surrounding teeth(including one with bump) he said nothing of the bump. My chipped tooth was fixed with no problem. Now I was online and my bump looks suspiciously like a gum boil but wouldn t my dentist have noticed if the tooth had died?
Hi, Thanks for posting the query, Bump formation can be because of several reasons , it can be an abscess formation, ulceration, irritation or trauma due to the chipped tooth, plague and calculus accumulation deep into the gum pockets. I would advise you to visit Dentist get a checkup done . Take an x-ray, Get complete mouth scaling and polishing done. Chat Doctor. Decayed tooth is to be restored. Maintain a good oral hygiene. Apply colonel ointment on the affected area. Hope this helps out. Regards....