Canker sores are vexing and common. The reason they occur isn’t clear, but your toothpaste could be a factor. An ingredient often used to make toothpaste foamy, sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), has been ...

Q: I used to have continuous, terrible canker sores. I discovered that my toothpaste was the culprit. Since I brush my teeth daily, it was a never-ending cycle. There is an ingredient (sodium lauryl ...

Q. My father and I have both suffered with canker sores all our lives. I’ve heard of eating kiwi fruit to speed healing, and in a recent column, you wrote about sauerkraut. A few years ago, a dental ...

Q: When I was a kid, I used to get horrible canker sores. My mother treated them with silver nitrate, which hurt like heck. After my braces came off, I took better care of my teeth and brushed more ...

Dear Dr. Reitz: My 22-year-old daughter frequently gets oral ulcers. The ulcers, also called canker sores, occur in different areas of her mouth, last for about 10 days then are gone for a few months ...

Q. When I was a kid, I used to get horrible canker sores. My mother treated them with silver nitrate, which hurt like heck. After my braces came off, I took better care of my teeth and brushed more ...

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 ...

As far as red sores on or near your mouth go, zero is the number you want to have. Alas, those little (or uh, not so little) red bumps seem to pop up whenever they damn well please and wreak havoc on ...

DEAR PEOPLE’S PHARMACY: My father and I have both suffered with canker sores all our lives. I’ve heard of eating kiwi fruit to speed healing, and in a recent column, you wrote about sauerkraut. A few ...