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White line on side on tongue and buccal mucosa and have deep bite teeth problem :my upper teeth in front of lower teeth in resting
Is the white line because of above misalignment ??
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White line on buccal mucosa is appears as a raised white line running horizontally along the plane where the top and bottom teeth meet. Friction causes an excess of keratin deposits, a protein found in skin.
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hello sir hope you are doing good
see the white line on mucosa may be due to various factors maybe due to cheekbite and could be due to habits tobacco related if you use such things and we need to use diagnose it physically too so it is my best advice to you to please consult some dentist or you can consult us
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White line on tongue and buccal mucosa may or may not be due to deep bite teeth problem. If any burning sensation or habits of smoking/tobacco chewing associated, based on nature of lesion medication has to be prescribed. You can consult through this for diagnosis and treatment for the same.
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Dr. Arun Kumar
Dentist
16 yrs exp
Lucknow
It may be deep bite
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Proper clinical diagnosis is required
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