Background: Aphthous ulcer is seen to be one of the most commonly occurring ailments found among patients that dentists may come across on a daily basis. Taking into consideration agents have been used for treatment aphthous stomatitis, it would seem advisable apply agent safest and has least toxic properties can bring about symptomatic relief applied topically. These days, there are few reliab...

Recurrent aphtous stomatitis (aphthae, canker sores) is ones of the most common and painful oral mucosal inflammatory ulcerative conditions; etiopathogenesis is uncertain and only symptomatic therapy is available. We used a dessicating agent based on a concentrated mixture of sulfates. The rationale for use of this product on canker sores is that it cauterises the epithelial tissue affected by ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare the cytomorphometric characteristics of the buccal cells of Behçet's disease patients with those of healthy controls. METHODS This case-control study compared a group of 30 patients with Behçet's disease with an age- and gender-matched control group of 30 healthy individuals. The buccal mucosal smears were stained using the Papanicolaou techniqu...

Introduction: Medications used to treat oral ulcers include corticosteroids, anesthetics, and antihistamines. These can be as gels, mouthwashes, pastes, ointments, etc. Diphenhydramine hydrochloride (DPH) has local anesthetic properties that help the aphthae. One of drawbacks delivery transmucosal is quick turnaround time gel, a mucous form located on epithelial film surface. Methods: Therefore...