What is a mouth ulcer?
Mouth ulcers are small (white, red or yellow in colour) sores that can be shown on your gums, tongue, roof of mouth (palate), inner lips and cheeks. These make eating, drinking or speaking uncomfortable.
Generally mouth ulcers are harmless and can go on their own within 10-14 days but some mouth ulcers might require treatment.
Mouth Ulcer Symptoms
When you get mouth ulcers you will observe below symptoms:
1. White or yellow sores with red around the edges
2. Feeling burning sensation before the mouth ulcers appear
3. Increased soreness when brushing your teeth
4. Feeling pain while eating hot, spicy or salty foods
5. Swelling around the ulcers
6. Difficulty while chewing or speaking
Types of Mouth Ulcers
There are different types of mouth ulcers, some are described below:
1. Aphthous Ulcer (Canker Sores)
These are the common types of ulcers, appearing white or yellow in colour with red edges. These sores are generally caused by accidental bites and too much consumption of acidic foods.
2. Oral Lichen Planus
These are caused due to immune system response, looking lacelike itches rashes.These are white in colour and commonly affect females who are aged 50 or above.
3. Leukoplakia
These are thick white or grey patches formed due to cell overgrowth, and happen to be found in people who consume tobacco or smoking. These are non-cancerous.
4. Erythroplakia
These are red velvety sores found in smokers and tobacco consumers. These are pre-cancerous or cancerous and need dental examination.
5. Oral Thrush (Fungal Infection)
It is caused due to overgrowth of a yeast called Candida albicans, which leads to fungal infection in your mouth. These are creamy white patches which are painful.
6. Mouth Cancer (Oral Cancer)
Mouth Cancer lesions are red or white sores which do not heal on their own. These generally last for more than 3 weeks. If you are facing these immediately consult your dentist.
What causes mouth ulcers?
Generally mouth ulcers can be occur due to many reasons, but below are some common mouth ulcer causes:
1. Accidentally biting your cheeks or tongue
2. Allergy reaction from certain type of bacteria
3. Irritation from braces or dentures
4. Due to too much stress & lack of sleep
5. Eating too much acidic or salty food
6. Hormonal changes during period
7. Using toothpaste that contains too much chemicals
8. Deficiency of some vitamins like B12, iron or folic acid
Mouth Ulcer Treatment
Generally mouth ulcers or sores heal on their own, but your dentists can recommend some below medication to ease pain and speed your recovery:
Mouth Ulcer Gel: Some gel which can ease your pain are Hexigel, Comcort mouth gel, Metrogyl DG Gel, Orasore.
Ozone Therapy: Your dentist can also recommend ozone therapy to treat mouth ulcers. At Triveni Dental Clinic in Bhiwani, we provide ozone therapy which costs between Rs. 300-600 depending on your mouth ulcer condition.
Mouth Ulcer Home Remedies or How to Cure Mouth Ulcers Fast Naturally
You can also do some things or can add some habits to your daily routine to cure ulcer by mouth ulcer home remedies:
1. Add salt in warm water and rinse your mouth a few times a day.
2. Avoid hot or spicy food until your mouth ulcer heals properly.
3. Apply some mouth ulcer gel on sore like Oragel, Hexigel, Comcort mouth gel.
4. Drink plenty of water to prevent dryness.
5. Keep your mouth clean by daily brushing and flossing timely.
Difference between Mouth ulcer and Oral cancer?
Usually mouth ulcer are non cancerous but some might be cancerous (can be confirmed only by evaluation from a health professional), below are some differences:
1. Mouth ulcers last for 10-14 days, so sores that last longer than 3 weeks need to be evaluated if they are cancerous or not.
2. Mouth ulcers are generally painful while eating or speaking but cancerous sore are not painful firstly but can develop pain after later stage.
3. Ulcers are soft in texture while cancerous sore are firm.
4. If you have a lump in your mouth or tongue without any infection it might be cancerous and can be symptom of oral cancer.
When to see a dentist?
Having a mouth ulcer is not serious, anyone can get it. But you should see a dentist if:
1. Mouth ulcers last for 3 weeks or longer.
2. Ulcers that come with fever.
3. Unusual large sores or ulcers
4. Mouth sores that are painless.
5. Mouth ulcers appear frequently without healing the old one.
Conclusion
Mostly ulcers are minor and not serious, anyone can get it. Mouth ulcers usually last for 10-14 days but if it lasts more than 3 weeks visit the dentist near you. If you want mouth ulcer treatment in Bhiwani, visit Triveni Dental. We provide ozone therapy to treat sores at affordable prices.
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