Red area inside cheek... Scared... Pic included

[JDrumz]

So for almost 2 weeks now I've had this red spot inside my cheek. No pain at all, feels kind of like a dry area right after a dentist would take gauze out. Don't remember biting it, I don't use any tobacco products. Went for regular cleaning 1 month ago, guess it wasn't there, doc didn't say anything. 35/yo, very little alcohol, no health problems... Aside from some anxiety. Could this be from a food burn or something? Maybe a chip cut me and it takes a while to heal? It almost feels a little rough when my tongue rubs it. It's maybe the size of a dime...?

Any doctors or hygienists know what this could be? It has my anxiety flared up cause I made the mistake of looking things up online and first result is worst case scenario.

I know, it's probably nothing but an irritated area, or it got rubbed raw or something... there's 2 crowns right next to where it is.

would appreciate so insight as it has my mind racing

 

[JDrumz]

Well I went to my dentist today... figured "What the heck, might as well". He used some type of blue light with the lights off and window blinds closed. I'm guessing it was some type of precancerous screening, and he said it came back clear. He said he didn't see any sign of bite trauma, he said it may have been something hot that I ate. We're going to give it a couple of weeks to see what happens. He said if it was him, he wouldn't do anything to treat it as it may go away on its own and we wouldn't know what really made it disappear.

I'm still a little anxious about it, I guess cause it's something out of the ordinary... but I guess that blue-light screening coming back clear is a good thing.

If anyone wants to offer their own feedback that'd be great.

Later.