If you have painful, white and red spots in your mouth, you may have canker sores, but what can you do about them? ...

Mouth lesions can take different forms, and each type may suggest something different about your health. Here are a few common types of lesions and what they may be pointing to: 1.

“Without glancing at your nails, a dentist may be able to detect if you bite your nails ― or bite on other items, like pen ...

Canker sores from Crohn’s might at first appear similar to other mouth lesions like cold sores, and they can both be painful. But cold sores have a different cause — herpes simplex virus type ...

A sore throat, loss of taste, and a burning tongue are telltale signs something is wrong. But the culprit might surprise you. These symptoms can be caused by candidiasis of the mouth—also known as ...

People living with HIV face unique oral health challenges that require special attention and care. The virus's impact on the ...

A woman had her tongue removed when a mouth ulcer turned out to be cancer. Jessica Tappenden-Rowell, 23, first developed a lesion under her tongue last May, but dismissed it as a common mouth ...