A six-year-old male presented for a routine dental visit. The patient was taking no medications and had no known medical allergies. Dental history included a small amount of caries with an anterior crossbite (end to end), as well as a habit of biting his lower lip with his teeth. The parents did not bring the child to the dental office for regular checkups; he had been seen three times in the last three years.
At a visit six to seven months ago, the patient had a sore lower lip from biting it all day. There were no soft-tissue findings at the time(Refer to Image). At a six-month checkup, the patient's chief complaint was a large sore on the lower lip that was described as: “comes and goes.” His mom said: "He will bite the bubble and it pops with lots of liquid, but it grows again." She took him to see their primary medical doctor, but reported, "He did not know what to do and suggested…
