White Lines On Side Of Mouth

I have a white line inside my mouth between my lower teeth and my upper teeth.

White lines on side of mouth.

Why do people get white patches. Your mouth and tongue are lined with a special type of skin mucosa which looks mostly pink because it is thinner than your other skin eg on your arms and legs. However since two days ago the line has become thicker and raised. White tongue is the result of an overgrowth and swelling of the fingerlike projections papillae on the surface of your tongue.

The linea alba latin for white line in dentistry is a horizontal streak on the buccal mucosa inner surface of the cheek level with the occlusion biting plane. The bottom line is that you should immediately consult your doctor so as to determine the exact cause of the white spots in the mouth. What is a white patch in the mouth. There are still other conditions that may give rise to the appearance of white spots in the mouth.

The treatment for white spots in mouth is variable. This would actually depend on the underlying cause. The linea alba is a common finding and most likely associated with pressure frictional irritation. In fact it s easy to get linea alba confused with a number of other conditions.

Linea alba isn t the only thing that can cause white lines or white patches to show up inside your mouth. I looked under the light and the white line has become more visible raised and bigger. The appearance of a white coating is caused by debris bacteria and dead cells getting lodged between the enlarged and sometimes inflamed papillae.