Guest guest Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 Finally five weeks after surgery all of my stitches are finally gone. That took long enough but now i seem to have another problem. I have four sores on the inside of my cheeks. Three on the left side and one on the right. They kind of look like kanker sores. Does anyone have any ideas on how to get rid of them because they are annoying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 If they are truly canker sores, you may have to wait it out. Some things that help are to use toothpaste without sodium lauryl sulfate - that is a foaming agent that aggravates canker sores. If they are really painful, you can help them heal a bit faster by using some over the counter treatments - they usually don't make them heal faster, but they make them feel better. From my experience (I've gotten these my entire life), the only thing that works to make them heal faster is a special oral steroid paste. You can get this prescription from you dentist, ortho, or surgeon. Good luck > Finally five weeks after surgery all of my stitches are finally > gone. That took long enough but now i seem to have another > problem. I have four sores on the inside of my cheeks. Three on the > left side and one on the right. They kind of look like kanker > sores. Does anyone have any ideas on how to get rid of them because > they are annoying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 I am not post op yet, but I get canker sores all the time from braces. Right now I have probably 3 sores! I have probably 3 tubes of mouth sore medicine and the one I like the best is Orajel Ultra Mouth Sore Medicine (make sure it's ULTRA). It's more of a liquid where as the other Orajel is thicker and more of a paste and harder to get on the sore. I don't know how far you can open your mouth so maybe use a cotton swab. Also you can probably rinse with salt water Mindy > Finally five weeks after surgery all of my stitches are finally > gone. That took long enough but now i seem to have another > problem. I have four sores on the inside of my cheeks. Three on the > left side and one on the right. They kind of look like kanker > sores. Does anyone have any ideas on how to get rid of them because > they are annoying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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