How can you get rid of a canker sore?

Question

I have a really painful Canker Sore under my tongue. I've tried salt water rinses and such and it's not getting any better does anyone have any suggestions how I can get rid of it or at least ease the pain? Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

Got to the drugstore:

For Mouth Pain due to Canker Sores, Biting or Burns

• Zilactin-B by Zila Pharmaceuticals

• OraBase by Colgate

• Rincinol P.R.N. by John O. Butler

• Orajel—Mouth Sore Medicine Gel or Discs by Orajel Co.

• Available over the counter at most pharmacies.

• If the lesion does not heal in 10-14 days please call for an appointment to have it checked.

Answer 2

Did you put straight salt on it? It will burn the h**l out of it, but should help it dry up. You can also try to put peroxide on it. Good luck, I know that they can be quite painful!!

Answer 3

A lot of people will tell you to rinse your mouth with warm salt water.  Personally this never works for me.  I get them all the time whether it is because I bite my cheek or tongue, or even get them from stress.  There are also hereditary.  Everyone in my family gets canker sores or cold sores very easily.  Most of us actually take a prescription medicine for it!

Anyway, the best thing to do is dip a wet Q-tip in salt and apply it directly to the sore for as long as you can stand it.  Then rinse your mouth with water.  If you do this repeatedly, it will go away very very quickly.  It's just really painful, that, and you droll a lot so best to do it over the sink!

Hey, you asked! But this realy does work!

Answer 4

Warm salt water rinses are the best remedy for a canker sore, but it only helps to shrink it, and can still take a few days. Go to the drugstore and buy some Orajel. It's similar to the numbing gel they use in the dentist office to numb your gums before a shot. Apply it to the canker sore and it will at least numb it and make it feel more comfortable.

Answer 5

You can take a cotton ball and soak it in braggs apple cider vinegar and squeeze out excess and then put it in your mouth on the sore and let it sit as long as you can. It will kill the infection. You can only use braggs for this and you buy it a healthfood store.

Answer 6

There is a product called "  Cure-  A -Sore " that works very well.(it's a liquid that comes in a small glass brown bottle) Not only to speed healing but to ease pain. I'ts no easy to nfind so you may want to call around or have a pharmacy order it. You can also use Ambisole or some other  numbing medication used for tooth ache, these are sold over the counter, it only lasts a few min. at a time. Also if It doesn't improve in 5 days or so it may be worth a doctor trip to be sure that it's not infected.Generally canker sores are caused by a virus which antibiotics won't help, but if you gert a secondary infection it could require antibiotics. Good luck, they do hurt

Answer 7

I just put a small amount of peroxide on it to reduce the pain

Answer 8

i know u said that u already did the salt water mix but try to rinse with warm salt water...it might help.