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 ...

Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MD Strong concentrations of SLS can cause skin, mouth, or eye irritation.SLS may ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Those tiny white spots inside your mouth might be small in size, but they deliver pain far beyond their dimensions. Canker sores affect nearly everyone at some point, making simple pleasures like ...

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 ...

Canker sores (aka aphthous ulcers) are one of life's little mysteries. Experts estimate that roughly one out of five people put up with these painful mouth lesions. Some suffer more than others: "My ...

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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 ...