Problems in the roof of my mouth

[joe984934]

Hi everyone..I have had braces for almost a year now and lately I have noticed some strange activity in the roof of my mouth. I took a small mirror and was able to see what it looked like. It's a bit hard to describe but right behind my upper front teeth in the roof of my mouth there are blisters and weird divets kinda like gum recession. I don't even know how else to describe it, but has anyone else been thru this? Should I see my orthodontist, dentist, or a periodontist?

Sometimes it feels inflamed and I don't ever recall it being there before braces.

[Plumcore]

Definitely ask your ortho and/or dentist and see what it is. I had something very simmilar but not to that degree, but it was just the gum a little inflamed, and it went away on it's own.

[bracedup]

Ask your ortho if you are concerned. I too have had this, well sort of anyway. This happens sometimes when my extraction gaps are closing if feels crinkly when i run my tongue along the roof of mouth. It soon goes away and smoothes back out again. Hope this helps...

[catgyrl]

I don't think it's anything to be alarmed about. I have that quite often, and I'm sure it's because I have an extraction gap there, and in addition that gap closing, the other teeth are moving over, too, and the gums behind those upper teeth are a bit inflamed. You know how it feels when you eat something sharp (like a potato chip) and it scrapes the roof of your mouth? That's sort of how it feels and looks. And the swelling does go away on its own.