OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,912 Likes: 52 | Georgie... while we are on this subject, look at your toothpaste. There is an ingredient in many called SLS - sodium laurel sulfate. It has been shown to aggravate and promote the appearance of these types of ulcers in people who carry the virus that causes them. It is put in since it is a detergent, but many good toothpastes are out there without it.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. |