Dear Dr. Reitz: My 22-year-old daughter frequently gets oral ulcers. The ulcers, also called canker sores, occur in different areas of her mouth, last for about 10 days then are gone for a few months ...

Canker sores are vexing and common. The reason they occur isn’t clear, but your toothpaste could be a factor. An ingredient often used to make toothpaste foamy, sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), has been ...

for me, nothing works. canker sores are completely random. i've done the vitamin c, the lysine, the non-SLS toothpaste, and it makes no fuggin difference.

Q. When I was a kid, I used to get horrible canker sores. My mother treated them with silver nitrate, which hurt like heck. After my braces came off, I took better care of my teeth and brushed more ...

So despite emerging around the same era, why don't toothpaste and OJ get along? An ingredient called sodium lauryl sulfate (or "SLS") is largely to blame. The cleaning agent and surfactant causes ...

Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MD Strong concentrations of SLS can cause skin, mouth, or eye irritation.SLS may increase the likelihood of canker sores in people who are prone to them.High ...

Grocery shopping can be an overwhelming experience with all the diet, no-sugar, keto, gluten-free and paleo-approved foods that we are bombarded with down each aisle. By the time we make it to the ...