Stomatitis Of
The Mouth



Stomatitis of the mouth is basically a sore mouth under a denture, caused by an infection, usually a fungal infection. (Not a bacterial infection).

Nearly all dental appliances such as dentures, retainers, anti-snoring devices, sports mouth guards and night-time bite guards are infected by bugs - and the most common is one is a microscopic fungus called Candida Albicans.

But first, what IS denture stomatitis of the mouth?

Stomatitis of the mouth on the hard palateStomatitis of the mouth on the hard palate

It is a very odd word! What does it mean? The first word, "denture" is fairly obvious. It's something to do with a denture. The second word, "stomatitis", is made up of two bits - "stoma" and "itis".

"Stoma" means something to do with the mouth. And "itis" means something to do with inflammation, like "dermatitis" or "appendicitis".

SO - denture stomatitis is an inflammation of the mouth caused by a denture.

BUT IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS THAT!

On it's own, a denture will not cause an inflammation. Something else has to get involved. And that something is most usually the microscopic fungus Candida Albicans.

Stomatitis of
The Mouth

When you get a fungal infection under a denture, the gum tissues become very red, slightly swollen, and quite sore. You can also get sores at the corners of the mouth. The sores at the coner of the mouth are called 'Angular cheilitis'.

What can be done to treat stomatitis of the mouth?

There are two approaches. On the one hand, we need to deal with the fungal infection in the soft tissues of the mouth. BUT WE ALSO NEED TO TREAT THE FUNGAL INFECTION ON THE DENTURE ITSELF.

If we only treat the fungal infection in the mouth, we are ignoring the reservoir of bugs on the denture itself. This will just re-infect the mouth tissues again, and you will be back to square one!

So we need to treat the reservoir of fungal bugs on the denture. How can we do that, to eliminate stomatitis of the mouth?

Here's the GOOD NEWS!

There is an amazing new product available, developed by expert dentist Dr. Lorin Berland, DDS, of Dallas, Texas. It is called Cleanadent Crystals, and it KILLS all Candida on any denture or oral appliance within 20 minutes. When you go to that page, be sure to scroll down to the Cleanadent Crystals paragraph.

A box of Cleansdent Crystals developed by Dr B. Dental Solutions

This is an incredible development in the treatment of denture sore mouth caused by candida infections!

You should use the Cleanadent Crystals every day, to soak your dentures or oral appliance. The minimum time recommended to kill all candida and streptococcus bugs is 20 minutes, but longer is better! Regular use of Cleanadent Crystals will eliminate these bugs, and prevent you getting a re-infection.

If you have a fungal infection in your mouth already, you will need to take some medication such as Fluconazole to get rid of this. But remember you have to disinfect your denture or oral appliance too! I STRONGLY recommend Cleanadent Crystals. The inventor, Dr. Berland, also recommends ultrasonic denture cleaners to make sure you get the best results.

I recommend that you take a look at my review of Ultrasonic Denture Cleaners to find out which one I recommend, and HOW TO GET A FREE ultrasonic denture cleaner from Dr. B Dental Solutions!

If you

  • take a medication such as fluconazole to kill the infection in your mouth,
  • and treat your dentures or retainers (or other oral devices) with Cleanadent solutions,
  • AND an ultrasonic cleaning device like the SmileDirectClub device which includes Ultra-violet sterilization,
  • you will kill all the fungal, bacterial and viral bugs!

So, to take care of stomatitis of the mouth, you need to attack it from several angles. Be sure to include ALL of them!

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