Canker sores are small, painful reddish lesions in the mouth that have a white or yellow center. Some causes of canker sores are spicy/acidic foods, vitamin deficiencies, braces, and stress. Most ...

Roll your tongue around your mouth, and you might feel a sting from a new tender spot. A tiny, unwelcome crater of pain, a red circle of fire tucked against your cheek. It feels worse with every ...

The roof of the mouth, or the palate, is a sensitive place that can be easily disturbed. If you eat spicy foods or snore, the roof of your mouth can be aggravated. The roof of the mouth can also get ...

Canker sores are bacterial, non-contagious infections that occur on the gums, inner lips, inside the cheeks and sometimes on the tongue. They are usually red and round with a white center. Most canker ...

Canker sores can be very painful and annoying. When you get one, simple things like eating and talking can become a real drag. Canker sores are small ulcers that develop in the soft tissues of the ...

Remedies for treating canker sores. That little crater in your mouth causes more pain than anything so small deserves to. Rest assured that in a week or two, your canker sore will most likely be ...

A canker sore—a painful white ulcer inside the mouth—might be brought on by stress. Or the wrong toothpaste. Or certain foods: tomatoes, peanuts, cinnamon. Or an iron deficiency. Or an allergy. Or a ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My husband suffers from canker sores. He seems to get a new one almost every week, and at different places in his mouth. These sores are very painful. We’ve tried everything to get ...

Canker sores are small, painful reddish lesions in the mouth that have a white or yellow center. Some causes of canker sores are spicy/acidic foods, vitamin deficiencies, braces, and stress. Most ...