Oral wounds is a subject observed very oftenly but not paid attention. Even though oral wounds occur after plenty of reasons, they may be sign of many other ilnesses indeed. Therefore oral wounds are supposed to be paid attention.

Oral wounds, also named as aphtha, are the yellow colored wounds occurs by lip, the cheeks, on the tongue or the palate. The recovering period for these wounds is between 7 and 10 days. These wounds give a hard pain during eating. Plenty of reasons are effective for the occurrence of oral wounds.

• Stress.
• Wrong nutrition: Especially consuming harmful oily and acidic nourishment. Eating or drinking extremely hot. 
• Disturbance of the prosthesis inside the mouth, and wrong dental treatments.
• Not being cleaned enough and rotting teeth.
• Biting lip or tongue by mistake.
• Lack of B12
• Irritation by tooth paste 

If oral wounds occurring constantly it may be a sign of a serious illness. Especially the wounds that occur at the same point and not passing for 1-2 weeks may be the sign of oral cancer. The rate of oral wound occurrence for the people who has AIDS and Behçet’s disease is pretty high. The aphtha that continues for long time can be sign for lack of B12 and vitamin Iron, stomach and intestinal diseases, strass and alimentation disorder.  

Oral wounds are signs for many diseases even though they are not paid enough attention. In the situation of oral wounds seen constantly, it is healthiest to see a doctor and start an appropriate treatment. Oral wounds occurring as a result of lack of vitamin, the lack are abolished making use of vitamin supply. The oral wounds which are not sign for any disease are treated with appropriate creams. Other than these, the ones which are proved to be a sign for diseases are started medication to prevent the disease.

To prevent oral wounds advance and disappear in a shorter period it is important to provide oral hygiene is and not consuming nourishment which will feed them. Other than this, gargling with water with salt or water with carbonate is helpful for cleaning the oral.