Mouth Burn: How to Help it Heal Correctly

Have you ever rushed into a hot meal too soon only to burn your mouth? If you answered yes, you're not alone.  Almost all of us have suffered from burning our mouths after biting into a hot slice of pizza, or from digging into hot soup before it was cool enough to eat.  Burns may be a little out of the orthodontists’ league, we wanted to take a second anyway and give you some helpful tips to get you through the mouth burn pain. When it comes to your mouth, Rhode Island Orthodontic Group has you covered.

Check out these important steps to take to soothe your mouth next time you have this accident, and help it heal correctly. 

• Applying or sucking on ice can relieve the stinging. Gargling cold water or eating ice cream are other options.
• An over-the-counter pain reliever can help, if the pain is really distracting.
• Squeezing Vitamin E from a capsule over the wound can speed up healing. It will regenerate new tissue and heal the wound.
• Resist touching the burned area. This may be difficult, but by touching the affected area, the lesion may become irritated further.
• Drinking milk can coat the scorched area.
• Avoid acidic, crunchy, and other hot foods, or even very salty and spicy dressings. This will stop the burn from getting irritated further.
• Maintain good oral hygiene while your mouth is burnt, keeping it as clean as possible to promote healing and prevent further infection.

Make sure you allow your burn to heal; it usually takes about a week for soreness and blistering to pass. Also, let us know if you have any home remedies that we didn’t list, or any interesting stories about a time you burned your mouth. Leave a comment or post it on our Facebook wall!