Your mouth heals quickly, but it still needs a break from constant rubbing. A chipped tooth can have a rough edge that scrapes your cheek or tongue every time you talk or chew. A broken filling can do something similar.<\/p>\r\n
And once the skin gets irritated, even normal chewing can keep reopening the sore. You end up in a loop. The ulcer hurts, your tongue keeps checking it, and the sharp tooth keeps getting another chance to annoy the same patch of tissue.<\/p>\r\n
Look at where the ulcer sits. If it’s directly beside a jagged tooth and the pain gets worse when that area moves against the tooth, the connection is pretty convincing.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 A soft toothbrush is your friend here, especially around the sore where scrubbing hard will only make things angrier.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 Warm salt-water rinses are simple and cheap. They won’t fix the sharp tooth, though, and that’s the important bit.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 Dental wax can sometimes cover a rough edge for a short while, which feels quicker than dealing with the sore every time you eat.<\/p>\r\n
If a sharp edge caused the ulcer, a dentist can check what created the rough spot and smooth or repair it when appropriate. Sometimes the fix is very small. A dentist may need to repair a damaged filling or deal with a chipped area instead.<\/p>\r\n
Most mouth ulcers caused by minor irritation improve once the cause is removed. But a sore that doesn’t heal, keeps returning, becomes unusually painful, or comes with swelling deserves a dental check. Persistent mouth sores shouldn’t be blamed on a sharp tooth without getting them looked at.<\/p>\r\n
If the ulcer sits exactly where the tooth rubs and improves after that irritation stops, the answer is often yes. But treating the sore while leaving the sharp edge untouched is a bit like putting a plaster on a shoe that’s rubbing your heel.<\/p>\r\n
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