A mouth ulcer is a painful sore that can form anywhere inside your mouth. It usually looks red, yellow or white, and you may have one or several at the same time. Know symptoms, treatment, prevention ...

If you have painful, white and red spots in your mouth, you may have canker sores, but what can you do about them? The ulcers are typically small and painful and can affect eating and drinking, ...

White spots on gums can develop because of a fungus overgrowth, called oral thrush. You may also notice white spots that burn when you eat if you have canker sores. Pregnancy can also cause white ...

What starts as a subtle tingle or burning in your mouth can signal something more painful on the horizon: a pesky canker sore. For some, the ulcers are just a mild annoyance. But for many of us, they ...

That painful sore that appeared inside your cheek makes eating spicy foods pure torture and talking uncomfortable. While you might dismiss it as just another annoying canker sore that will heal on its ...

Oral cancer among urban Indian women often starts with persistent mouth ulcers, Dr Shruthi S says. Watch out for these ...

Herpes simplex virus is a common infection that typically appears in and around the mouth (oral herpes) or the genitals (genital herpes). Ulcers may cause pain but usually resolve within a few days or ...

Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are the hallmark of Crohn’s disease, but this autoimmune condition can affect any part of the digestive system, including the mouth. Oral symptoms might even be the ...

Gum (gingival) cancer is a rare type of oral cancer. Gingival cancer grows in the thin skin layer protecting your teeth. The skin layer is also called your gingiva. It covers your upper and lower jaws ...

Three times in the past year, I got a canker sore while traveling. The pattern makes it easy to diagnose: The cuisines of the countries I had traveled to were heavy in tomato sauce, cheese, yogurt, ...

Although heartburn and ulcers are both digestive conditions, they have different causes and don’t share all the same symptoms. Deciding which is causing your symptoms may be confusing. Heartburn ...