Canker sores typically heal on their own with time. But over-the-counter products, including mouth rinses and topical gels, may relieve pain and help them go away faster. This article takes a look at ...

Canker sores often seem to pop up out of nowhere and, once you have them, they’re often painfully hard to ignore — especially when you try to eat or even talk. So what, exactly, are canker sores? They ...

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 ...

If you’re chronic canker sore sufferer, we don’t need to tell you how painful these nasty mouth ulcers are. And if you get them so infrequently that you’re not sure why we would even create this story ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mouth ulcers, also known as canker sores, are tiny, uncomfortable lesions that generally appear on the lips or tongue. They typically appear on the inner lips, gums, tongue, roof of the mouth, or ...

Canker sores inside mouths are one of the most nagging problems we humans can experience. The word canker comes from Latin cancer, but here it means an eroding and erosive ulcer that spreads out. An ...

Q: I have a small, white, painful sore under my tongue. I have had this several times before and it usually goes away after a week or so, but it seems to come back again. Is this a cold sore? A: You ...

Mouth ulcers may be closely linked to seemingly unrelated physical and psychological conditions, a new study has found. Genetic variants associated with canker sores are also related to inflammatory ...

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 ...