Canker sores are painful ulcers that occur in the mouth, including on gums. Here's a look at how to deal with them.

And by gum are they irritating. The most common type are aphthous ulcers, round or oval swollen sores, which typically start off yellow in color before turning gray(ish) later.

The oral mucosa and aphthous ulcer groups are clearly distinguished, suggesting a significant difference between the bacterial community compositions of the two types of microbiota.

A painful inflamed lesion on the oral mucosa, which often seems to be burning at the periphery: every third individual has at one point had such a lesion -- an aphthous ulcer. Often they resolve ...

Patients with recurrent aphthous ulcers may experience anxiety and abnormal bowel movements, with the brain-gut axis potentially playing a role in the onset of these sores. Practice; ... Oral ulcers ...

Assuming that the diagnosis is aphthous ulcers, one very effective intervention is local intralesional injection of triamcinolone acetonide suspension. I use 0.1-0.3 cc of triamcinolone in a 10-mg ...

The average number of aphthous ulcers per month followed a similar pattern. It declined in both groups during months 1-4 (6.00 vs. 14.47 ulcers), then fell more sharply in the intervention arm ...

Canker sores, also called aphthous ulcers, occur in the lining of your mouth, the Cleveland Clinic says. The sores can form at the base of your gums, on or under your tongue, inside your lip or on ...

Is recurrent aphthous stomatitis, commonly known as canker sores, associated with specific oral bacteria? This study aimed to identify bacterial groups that are strongly associated with RAS.