These are the WORST!

[BA2424]

Anyone else frequently experience canker sores? It seems for me that they last a good two weeks and slowly get bigger and bigger. Then one day they decide to stop hurting and just disappear. Interestingly, they can start as a small puncture the size of a needle and somehow grow to the size of a dime! Oh how I hate canker sores.

Well, the reason for post is to ask if anyone else experiences frequent canker sores that last and what works to help aid in the healing process. I have tried peroxide... basically kills every bacteria in my mouth and still no relief. Baking soda ... gross. I even gave into a Pinterest user that suggested coconut oil. I should have known that wouldn't work. Pinterest home remedies never seem to work.

What do ya'll know about successfully treating canker sores?

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[Dentist wannabe]

Anyone else frequently experience canker sores? It seems for me that they last a good two weeks and slowly get bigger and bigger. Then one day they decide to stop hurting and just disappear. Interestingly, they can start as a small puncture the size of a needle and somehow grow to the size of a dime! Oh how I hate canker sores.

Well, the reason for post is to ask if anyone else experiences frequent canker sores that last and what works to help aid in the healing process. I have tried peroxide... basically kills every bacteria in my mouth and still no relief. Baking soda ... gross. I even gave into a Pinterest user that suggested coconut oil. I should have known that wouldn't work. Pinterest home remedies never seem to work.

What do ya'll know about successfully treating canker sores?

I know I hate them and get them sometimes...
Salt water wash is the only thing I can recommend. There is not much else you can do other than that, taking pain meds, and toughing it out.

 

[djeffreyt]

Anyone else frequently experience canker sores? It seems for me that they last a good two weeks and slowly get bigger and bigger. Then one day they decide to stop hurting and just disappear. Interestingly, they can start as a small puncture the size of a needle and somehow grow to the size of a dime! Oh how I hate canker sores.

Well, the reason for post is to ask if anyone else experiences frequent canker sores that last and what works to help aid in the healing process. I have tried peroxide... basically kills every bacteria in my mouth and still no relief. Baking soda ... gross. I even gave into a Pinterest user that suggested coconut oil. I should have known that wouldn't work. Pinterest home remedies never seem to work.

What do ya'll know about successfully treating canker sores?

Debacterol - a chemical cauterizing agent for canker sores. It completely removes the pain and the sore heals as normal.

You may not be able to buy it without a license, so talk to the Oral Pathology debt at the school. The dentists who run that department probably can get it for you.

 

[Dentist wannabe]

Debacterol - a chemical cauterizing agent for canker sores. It completely removes the pain and the sore heals as normal.

You may not be able to buy it without a license, so talk to the Oral Pathology debt at the school. The dentists who run that department probably can get it for you.

Thank you. You are my hero...lol.

 

[Sunspear]

Canker sores have been a bane of my happy existence since I can remember. Whenever they occur, I find myself stuck just being able to apply "Kanka" (or other topical analgesics) before eating (which is what tends to trigger the pain a lot). I'll have to look in to this debacterol suggestion - I hope it'll work for me! lol

 

[Lethstang]

I had the exact same problem for years. Its most likely caused by the sodium lauryl sulfate in your toothpaste. I recommend ordering some Biotene online. I started a year or two ago and havent had one since! I used to get them bad too, right under my tongue, sides of my mouth so I bit them etc. I believe the first few weeks of use I still got them. Continue for a month or two and see if it works for you.

 

[Lethstang]

oh, and if you go this route check your mouth wash as some of them contain SLS.

 

[djeffreyt]

Hey again. FYI, Debacterol isn't cheap. A box of 12 costs roughly $50-60. I get 1-3 kanker sores at the same time about 1-2 times a year, so I treat all 1-3 with a single cartridge and the kit lasts for a few years so to me it's worth it.

If you are getting it super frequently, then you may want to consult a bit more with the pathologist and see if there is something else you can do cause the cost might be inhibitory for you, maybe not. As for the SLS, I'd never heard of this. I've been using toothpaste and rinses without SLS for a couple years now and I still get the sores, but mine often are spurred by trauma from eating a chip or biting my cheek or mucosa. What's the mechanism that causes SLS to have an effect on kanker sore appearance?

 

[DrJeff]

I just hope that I own stock in the company that develops the 1st true, over the counter canker sore treatment that both greatly reduces the pain and duration of them!

Personally when I get them (which tends to be maybe a half dozen times a year) as long as it's in a "reasonable access" location, I have either my business partner or one of my hygienists (who also gets canker sores many times a year) treat them with the soft tissue laser that I have in my office. Some initial low output passes over the surface will essentially provide some soft tissue anesthesia so that you can then go back over the surface at a higher setting and comfortably essentially cauterize the affected tissue thus eliminating the vast majority of the pain that the apthous ulcer causes. I'll also do this on my patients if they happen to have one while they're in the office. Takes just 2 or 3 minutes to do, and the positive word of mouth that it generates for one's practice is great!

 

[Dentist wannabe]

I just hope that I own stock in the company that develops the 1st true, over the counter canker sore treatment that both greatly reduces the pain and duration of them!

Personally when I get them (which tends to be maybe a half dozen times a year) as long as it's in a "reasonable access" location, I have either my business partner or one of my hygienists (who also gets canker sores many times a year) treat them with the soft tissue laser that I have in my office. Some initial low output passes over the surface will essentially provide some soft tissue anesthesia so that you can then go back over the surface at a higher setting and comfortably essentially cauterize the affected tissue thus eliminating the vast majority of the pain that the apthous ulcer causes. I'll also do this on my patients if they happen to have one while they're in the office. Takes just 2 or 3 minutes to do, and the positive word of mouth that it generates for one's practice is great!

Is the pain relief instantaneous?

 

[sabra48]

I wonder if manuka honey would work. It has antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. You can check it out on pubmed. Feel better🙂

 

[Sunspear]

Yeah, almost every single time I get a canker sore is because it's triggered by the trauma of my accidentally biting my lip/cheek. It's terrible.

 

[DrJeff]

Is the pain relief instantaneous?

Within a minute or two of starting, I personally notice a dramatic improvement. The key i've found is the "earlier" you can get them, the better relief you achieve. If I have one that starts "blowing up" on me on a Friday night, one where for whatever reason I was too "lazy" to treat with the laser as I first felt it coming on on say Thursday, then the relief, all though very noticeable isn't as dramatic as if I was to treat it when I first felt it coming on. I've found that the majority of time if I can treat it within say the first 18-24 hours of when I initially feel the signs of it, then from my pain perspective if any at all ensues in the coming days it might be a 1 or 2 out of 10 as opposed to an untreated one which for me tends to max out on my pain scale at a 6 or 7 out of 10. If I treat it a bit later after I first notice it, it tends to max out at a 3 or 4 out of 10 - better than no treatment by far, but more than if I aggresively treated it.

 

[Dentist wannabe]

Yeah, almost every single time I get a canker sore is because it's triggered by the trauma of my accidentally biting my lip/cheek. It's terrible.

Mine is usually due to stress. I know right before getting into dental school hen the offers came out I had huge stress. Two days later I had the biggest canker sore of all time...

 

[JNP]

Apthous ulcers that occur inside the mouth are often related to an overproduction of inflammatory mediators and they can be triggered by stress, trauma, or vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Canker Cover is an ulcer protectant that is OTC and there are several benzocaine products for pain (Orabase, Orajel, Kank-A). Make sure you are not allergic to Benzocaine first. Also, if this is for someone under 2 years old, do not use benzocaine because there is a risk of methemoglobinemia. A peroxide rinse such as Peroxyl after meals can be used to clean the area (you can make this with equal parts of water and hydrogen peroxide 3%). If you need a prescription, there is Apthasol/Amlexanox or Triamcinolone dental paste. For multiple lesions, suggest a steroid solution such as dexamethasone elixir to use as a mouth rinse. Magic mouthwash does the trick too which includes lidocaine for pain, a steroid for inflammation, and sucralfate/Maalox or another ulcer protectant.

 

[billythekid]

In college, the school nurses used to put a drop/dab of silver nitrate on them. It was instant, permanent pain relief. It seemed to be visually healed with 24-48 hours. I called them when I got to dental school to find out what they were using. I haven't been able to get my hands on it though.

 

[Halcion]

Glyoxide (OTC at most grocery stores) works well for me. I believe it's 10% carbamide peroxide. If you get multiple, recurrent ulcers, have a dentist prescribe a "magic mouthwash."