it happens on occasion, most common thing you get it from is via stress.

it goes away on its own though, so try not to touch it too much

oh no those suck

i get those like once a year maybe less... so bothersome... worst one i can remember was many years ago it kept me from eating and drinking anything other than water.

When I get a canker sore this is what I do, it usually clears up within a couple days for me this way.
Brush my teeth, morning and night. Gargle with hydrogen peroxide after (do not swallow it) make sure the peroxide hits the sore.
Gargle with salt water after every meal to clean out the sore. (it'll hurt like hell but it helps)
Also use something like orajel to keep the pain at bay (its a gel you put in your mouth that numbs it)

Hope it gets better for ya!

I used to get canker sores. All that hassle went away when I had my face amputated.

Not really a whole lot to do except wait it out. Though you can take steps to hasten healing or numb the pain.

Try an oral anesthetic gel like Anbesol. Just rub it on it and it numbs it up.

To hasten healing, salt water is helpful.

This.

I've gotten rid of them in about three days with twice daily salt water mouth swishings.

And I usually get them from a combination of no sleep + stress. But that's just me.

I get them occasionally. Usually I just ignore them until they go away, but if they are in an especially sensitive spot, I apply a bit of Ambesol to the spot and it feels all better. For about 10 minutes.

Hit it with some Benzocaine maybe? (Like Anbesol)

I find that they are mostly stress induced in my case. Make sure to drink a lot of water and to your best to eat foods on the other side of your mouth still it starts to heal up.

The very best thing I've ever found is Campho-Phenique -- http://campho.com/pain_liquid.html -- you want the liquid form. Get a little on a cotton swab and apply directly to the sore -- it will immediately numb the sore quite nicely (though it tastes like hell -- spit out any excess, don't swallow it), but better than that, it seems to really shut down the sore. I find a couple applications the first day and maybe another application the next day and I'm good -- the pain has stopped and the sore is well on the way to healing.

I've actually always rinsed my mouth out with some really strong salt water and that usually clears it up after a while.

I second this.

You can clear it up fast, but you're not gonna like it. This is best done just before going to bed.

1) Take a firm toothbrush and scrub the white gunk from the center until the canker is bleeding freely. This hurts.

2) Take a mouthful of Listerine and hold it over the canker. This hurts worse until the alcohol in the Listerine starts numbing the pain receptors.

3) Hold the Listerine in your mouth for a minute or two to make sure the canker is sterilized. Spit it out and don't eat or drink until the next day.

Repeat as necessary. The white goo in the canker is basically an infection, so if you keep it clean and irrigated with occasional bursts of strong mouthwash, it'll heal itself up within a day or so.

Good luck! :)

# Chloraseptic also works well.

Orajel is your friend. It'll make it hurt less until you're healed up.

I'd swish beer over the sore the last time I had one.

And I, too, used to think canker sores were terrible.... but those abcesses I'm recovering from gave me some perspective.

Gly-oxide works for me. Hurts like a bitch for a bit then feels better. They seem to heal faster too.

*grumble* Stupid reply function. Let's try this again:

I get them occasionally. Usually I just ignore them until they go away, but if they are in an especially sensitive spot, I apply a bit of Ambesol to the spot and it feels all better. For about 10 minutes.

Have you ever had raw gums? like after you eat hot corn, your gums feel like the skin is falling off? I got that, the hellish pain of my wisdom teeth growing in still, and I get canker sores often.

DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT PAIN.

WORKING SOLUTION: Yep, i had 1 or 2 in every year. But there's a quick way to forget about the pain as well: MORE pain! Not kidding. Try out these or a similar product:
http://www.hazipatika.com/gyogyszer.....showimage/2084
http://www.hazipatika.com/gyogyszer.....SEPT_oldat/697

I know you can't read hungarian, so i will give a quick info: It's a lotion to rinse the throat, which has antibacterial, and minor pain supressing attributes. It's free to purchase without a receipt and very cheap too. Approximetly less then 5Usa$ if my guess is correct. You use it like 30 drops in 1 ml water, and rinse yur throath with the water then spit it out.

BUT your problem is the PAIN. So it can be used without thining it in water. Give 4-5 drops on a ear-cleaning brush and brush it against that little spot that hurts. The effect you will have: A ligth burning pain for 1-2 seconds and then the spot WILL BECOME NUMB! :D

It lasts for 4-5 hours and you can eat all you want, because the spot will be feeling-less! Just give it a try! But first you need to find a similar product in your country, which i think wouldn't be Mission Imposible...but quite an easy task. Good luck, Joe! And do tell me if it helped! XD

K.D.

Correction: in 1 dl water...lol 1ml water wouldn't be thining. Lol

Want it to go away? Get some REST. Stress brings em on.

here's a tip; avoid using anything with lemon or salt ..the mofo will sting x.x

i use a very clean finger to apply a wadge of dry salt to the site of the infection.
Keep it in place for as long as I can bear.
Then rinse out and repeat.

as Ed Edd & Eddy would say, "CANKERZ!!!"

what I usually do for those is get aspirin, crush up one tablet with a spoon, then sprinkle the powder on the sore, after that it goes away rather quickly.

I've heard salt water gargling helps a lot, I haven't had one in forever, so I don't really remember what I did to fix it D: I sorry