How to Avoid Getting Canker Sores

Video Transcript

"So you have a canker sore? Well my name is Michelle and I am going to explain to you on how you can avoid getting canker sores. The main reason on how a canker sore starts to become in your mouth is from stress. I know when I went to college and I was studying for a final exam and I was all stressed out, my mouth would break out in horrible canker sores. Very large and it was never fun. So one of the ways to avoid that is really not stress yourself out. And then another way is canker sores start to come in your mouth is from a vitamin deficiency. You really want to make sure that you continue to taking your multi vitamins. Which in return would reduce any canker sores. Also too there are certain food products out there that can promote canker sores in your mouth. As far as eating an excessive amount of peanuts or salt or any kind of acid type products. That promotes a lot of canker sores. Also too whenever you go to your general dentist and he is doing his exam with the explorer and poking around; sometimes you might leave and the next day you get a canker sore. That is normal. What you would want to do is rinse your mouth out with some warm salt water rinse. That will help sooth the area. And the salt will eat away at the canker sore which in return it will, it will disappear in a few days. Once again my name is Michelle and I just explained to you on how to prevent and treat canker sores."