What types of products can be beneficial in treating oral ulcers?
Oral ulcers may have many causes: the lining of the mouth may be thin and susceptible to physical and chemical injuries; or the oral mucous membrane lining may be the site of several allergic, infectious, metabolic, nutritional, malignant or systemic diseases that can present themselves in the form of oral ulcers. In this section we are only going to discuss the treatment of the two most common ulcerations of the mouth, which are traumatic ulcers and recurrent aphthous ulcers, or canker sores. For traumatic ulcers, the first thing to do is to eliminate the cause, which could be a faulty restoration, injury from sharp instrument, or history of a bite. Symptomatic relief can be achieved by diphenyhydramine and Maalox®, swished every three hours, and lidocaine applied directly to the ulcer. An aphthous ulcer usually takes its course of 10-14 days, but the goal of the treatment is to alleviate pain and shorten the duration of the ulcers. If few ulcers are present, the treatment of choice i
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