my dentist asked me to have xrays on my teeth because of a tooth seeping a little pus,thinking it was a absess now she has refered me to dental surgen because of a shadow on the jaw or under the wisdom tooth could it be something common and not somthing sinister like cancer
Hello and welcome. Thanks for sharing your concern. As you know the referral causes benefit to the patients, in a way that you get to know the exact cause and appropriate treatment.Therefore, please do not worry at all. Your present dentist would have asked you to see a dental surgeon, so that the lesion in relation to third molar could be identified and well diagnosed. How do you know it is cancer? The features of cancer are different. It could be a cyst or tumor(that is a mass of tissue). So please do as suggested and leave your worries to your concerned doctor after explaining your troubles. Wish you good health. Thanks. Take care.