Mouth ulcers, also known as canker sores, are small, painful lesions that develop in the soft tissues of the mouth, including ...

“Our experiments on animals have shown that the gel is capable of sealing and speeding up the healing process for ulcers, and it can even fill perforations in the stomach or large intestine.

In limited trials, tetracycline mouth rinse, betamethasone gel, beclomethasone spray, and amlexanox significantly reduced ulcer duration and pain. In contrast, chlorhexidine mouthwash had no ...

Before you apply a gel, paste or ointment, dab the mouth ulcer dry with a cotton bud, as “this will prolong the time the medication remains on the mucosa,” Dr Sellerberg recommends.