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What Should I Do To Treat Burning Sensation In Mouth ?

I whitened my teeth overnight last night. Some of the bleach came out of the trays and was on my gums and tongue for a good 8 hours at least. The burning on my tongue has subsided, but there is now an extremely painful burning sensation along my lower gums. Also, the area that is burning has turned from the regular pink gum color to a white color. Did the bleach burn my gums? Also, what can I do to treat it ?
Tue, 24 Apr 2012
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Dentist 's  Response
Hello,
Welcome to Healthcaremagic!
The leaking of bleach from tray has caused chemical injury to your gum tissues. I suggest that you apply Vit-E gel, that is available OTC on the affected parts twice or thrice daily. Also avoid hot and spicy food for a few days.
There's nothing to worry your blanched tissue will return back to pink color soon. Take a healthy and nutritious diet.
Thanks
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Dentist, Periodontics Dr. Neha Ajmera Goyal's  Response
Hey dear its has burn your gum but donot worry much about it use ice on it as much as you can will give you relief in pain and donot rub your gum it will harm you, the white color will turn to pink in few days or a week
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ENT Specialist Dr. Puneet Maheshwari's  Response
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thanx for health care magic
well youroral hygeine is poor so try to maintaijn proper hygeine bye use of some mouth wash well i think u are suffering from epulis and u need to have proper treatment so consult some physicain and in the mean timne u can take some anti biotics and vitamin c
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What Should I Do To Treat Burning Sensation In Mouth ?

Hello, Welcome to Healthcaremagic! The leaking of bleach from tray has caused chemical injury to your gum tissues. I suggest that you apply Vit-E gel, that is available OTC on the affected parts twice or thrice daily. Also avoid hot and spicy food for a few days. There s nothing to worry your blanched tissue will return back to pink color soon. Take a healthy and nutritious diet. Thanks