white spot on gums

baby#1hopeful

Ok...I need help.  Liam is almost 4 months old, has no teeth but shows all the signs of teething.  The other day on his upper gums I found one white bump.  At first I thought maybe a tooth broke through but it is on the side where one of his canines would prob be and it looks almost like a pimple...what could it be?

baby#1hopeful

oh and it is on the front of his gum not coming through the bottom

mrs.Awoods

Do it look like thrush? That's the only other thing I can think of if it's not a tooth.

HoleyStory

Taken from Colgate:

• Epstein's pearls ? These small, white, pearl-like spots appear on the roof of the mouth. These bumps are harmless and tend to disappear within a few weeks.
• Bohn's nodules ? These small, whitish bumps or cysts look like Epstein's pearls, but they develop on the sides of the gum ridge rather than the roof of the mouth.

DS had an Epstein pearl on his upper gums that we thought was a tooth until the pedi told us otherwise.

HoleyStory

Stupid fing Bump!!! Stop giving me error messages!!!

Jessgran

From your description is sounds like a salivary cyst (epstein pearls.) DS had one on his gum too. They just come and go at the teething age, aren't painful, and there's nothing you can/should do about them. Just let them be. Of course, if it seems like LO is in pain then call. (Thats what my pedi told me pretty much word for word when I called about DS' gums!)

Peony81

Holy crap!  I just noticed one of these on DS that is exactly as you described yours to be.  I seriously thought that it was maybe an extra tooth or something and assumed it had been there all along and I hadn't noticed it.  Since it didn't bother him when I touched it, I was just waiting until our 4 month appointment to ask about it.  Thanks to the PP for the info!