If you have painful, white and red spots in your mouth, you may have canker sores, but what can you do about them? ...

Common culprits behind painful gums are canker sores, or mouth ulcers. These painful sores can develop anywhere inside the mouth, including on the gums, and often have a whitish center with red edges.

Bumps on the gums can occur for many reasons, such as tooth decay, oral fibroma, and, in rare cases, mouth cancer. Treatment depends on the cause. Bumps on the gums develop for many reasons, such ...

It's sold as a gum or lozenge, but it's not clear just how well it works. One study says it helped cut cavities in adults by only 10%. It can help dry mouth by increasing your amount of saliva.

The final tallies indicate chewers can expect an average of at least 100 microplastics per gram of gum, although that number can increase up to 600 particles per gram.

Breathing through your mouth is bad for your teeth, especially when you do it at night. As we edge into sniffle season, breathing through our noses isn't always an option.