Mouth Ulcers

Toothsmith

I think that was Orabase.

It's great if you can get it onto the ulcer and allow it to set.

This depends on the site of the ulcer, manual dexterity of the person putting it on, and or the co operation of the person having it put on!

You can also get Orabase with a bit of cortisone in it, which can speed up the healing a bit, but again, it depends how successfully you can apply it.

Turning_into_scrooge

Toothsmith wrote:

I think that was Orabase.

It's great if you can get it onto the ulcer and allow it to set.

This depends on the site of the ulcer, manual dexterity of the person putting it on, and or the co operation of the person having it put on!

You can also get Orabase with a bit of cortisone in it, which can speed up the healing a bit, but again, it depends how successfully you can apply it.

I think this is the stuff i get on prescription from my doctor, it works brilliant but feels a bit yukky and dries your mouth out but if you can stand try it.

Miroslav

I asked the dentist I saw yesterday, and she said warm salt water, as suggested by others here.

clairehas

i really recommend the orabase as it is really sticky and does cover the ulcer!! just dont put your tongue on it as it tastes really weird!! i have a ulcer now and it does make you really miserable!

ive also tried coran pellets (or somethin like that) they are little tablets that you disolve around the ulcer - you take something like 4 a day for 5 days and it clears it up! this is a bit more difficult as you cant talk for a little while, but this might be a good thing!!!

hope this helps

kit

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for their posts.... I knew i would find some help on this forum and a quick search found what I wanted!

I get a lot of mouth ulcers, at least a few a month, and never one on its own, always 2 or 3 at a time.

Am slowly working my way through the stuff available from chemists but not found anything that really works for me yet. Yesterday I was told by the pharmacist that i am not 'normal' and need to see a doctor about this.

After reading this post I am going to try taking some vitamins etc.... i have been anaemic a few times in the past so maybe its that causing them.

I'm just about willing to try anything...... I need to be able to eat!

GemmaS_2

Not sure if this will be any help but my hubby gets these and he went to the doctor who prescribed Difflam, it is a green mouthwash. It says it is for sore throats but worked wonders for him and it is available to buy from a chemist so does not need prescribing. Hope this is of some help.

Savvy_Sue

kit wrote:

Am slowly working my way through the stuff available from chemists but not found anything that really works for me yet. Yesterday I was told by the pharmacist that i am not 'normal' and need to see a doctor about this.

After reading this post I am going to try taking some vitamins etc.... i have been anaemic a few times in the past so maybe its that causing them.

I'm just about willing to try anything...... I need to be able to eat!

I hope that trying anything includes going to see your GP. As advised by your pharmacist ... There are prescription only medicines that can do the trick, but if there's an underlying cause then that needs to be addressed as well!

homersimpson_3

suggest you take her straight away to doctors and get some antibiotics (if doctor choose to perscribe them). it could turn into abcess and/or become infected.

Toothsmith

Doctors are generally pretty clueless about anything in the mouth. They 'Blind prescribe' a bit too often.

Difflam, for example just relieves symptoms. Was there any checking into an underlying cause?

See a dentist for better investigations. Or at least for someone who has a fair idea what may be going on!

P.S. Ulcers don't turn into abscesses, but abscesses are often mistaken for ulcers - esp by doctors!

Teerah

Much of the time recurrent ulcers have no obvious cause though and difflam can ease the pain, especially of the larger type, really well.

Rule of thumb, get any ulcer that has been present for three weeks or more checked out by your dentist. You can go to your GP also but they will more than likely advise a trip to the dentist anyway.