Facial Tumors

Face and Jaw cyst/Tumors

Jaw cyst and tumors are the swellings that occur inside or over the jaw and face.Mostly they are non cancerous (benign) but it still can cause massive invasion affecting nearly half of a jaw or entire jaw. Some of them show swelling noticeably but some of the cyst and tumor can behave silent too.On a regular dental visit the cyst might be revealed!! The most common affected area is the third molar region or the wisdom tooth region in the lower jaw which usually is not fully erupted or not at all erupted, followed by canine region and then in upper jaw.

General info

What causes the cyst and tumor in jaw bones?
Usually these cyst and tumors originate from the tooth forming cells. Usually these cyst and tumors are detected in the 2-3 decade of life.
There can be cyst and tumors without odontogenic origin they are usually associated with some other syndromes like Gorlin Goltz syndrome etc.

Signs and symptoms:

• Swelling over face usually lower one third of face.
• Loose tooth
• Painful mouth opening
• Bad taste
• Malpositioning tooth (originally placed right)
• Fracture of jaw