The inside of your cheek is soft and easy to irritate. One sharp bite can damage the surface, and repeated biting keeps reopening the area before it gets a chance to recover.<\/p>\r\n
Sometimes the problem isn’t really the cheek. A rough tooth edge can keep rubbing the same spot. A filling that feels slightly raised can do it too. And if your teeth don’t meet evenly, you may keep catching that patch without even noticing.<\/p>\r\n
At first, the area may simply feel tender. Within a day or so, you might notice a pale or whitish sore surrounded by redness. Eating something salty can make it sting.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 A gentle salt-water rinse can keep the area feeling cleaner, although don’t make the mixture painfully strong.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 Softer foods are easier on the sore, especially during the first couple of days when even normal chewing feels irritating.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 Skip very spicy or acidic foods for now. Honestly, there’s little point in testing how much the ulcer can tolerate.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 If a tooth keeps catching the same spot, that’s worth getting checked rather than simply waiting for another ulcer.<\/p>\r\n
Most minor cheek-biting ulcers improve as the injured tissue heals. But a sore that isn’t getting better deserves more attention, particularly if it keeps returning in exactly the same place.<\/p>\r\n
If you keep biting the ulcer, the main problem isn’t that your mouth is healing slowly. You’re giving it fresh damage before it can finish healing.<\/p>\r\n
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