British Dental Journal - Oral medicine — Update for the dental practitioner Aphthous and other common ulcers Skip to main content Thank you for visiting nature.com.

Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD Mouth and tongue lesions are often one of the first symptoms of human immunodeficiency ...

Oral ulceration has many different causes, but recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is one of the more common. 1,2,3,4 Ulcers, including RAS, apart from being associated with discomfort or pain ...

Many people associate mouth ulcers with eating spicy or acidic foods, but the reality is far more complex. While diet can ...

Aphthous ulcers are among the most common oral lesions in the general population, with a frequency of 5-25% and three-month recurrence rates as high as 50%. [] Aphthous ulcers have been reported ...

5. Kleinman DV, Swango PA, Pindborg JJ: Epidemiology of oral mucosal lesions in United States schoolchildren: 1986–87. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 1994; 22: 243–53. CrossRef MEDLINE 6 ...

This can be ‘aphthous-like’, but more commonly presents as linear ulceration on the inside of the cheeks, deep in the sulcus, next to the gums and teeth. Ulcers associated with inflammatory bowel ...

Background: Chronic recurrent oral aphthous ulcers are the most common type of inflammatory efflorescence of the oral mucosa, with a prevalence of 2% to 10% in Caucasian populations. To treat them ...

Aphthous ulcers are small, shallow ulcers that develop in the mouth lining. This ulcer can appear on the tongue, gums, roof of the mouth, inside of the lip, or beneath the tongue.

“During six months’ follow up, the aphthous ulcers did not reappear.” Symptoms of a B12 deficiency can be serious and get worse the longer the deficiency goes on for, and the NHS lists these as: ...