I have a small brown spot on my gums , they re more like strands it appears to be. The spot seemed to be a bit raw today I noticed the discoloration and correlated the pain with the spot. I do use chewing tobacco this is the first I ve felt any kind of rawness or discoloration I m going to see my dentist Friday about it. Any idea what it may be?
Hello there, Thanks for writing your query, Appearance of brown sore spots on the gums is nothing but the ulcerated area developed on the gum mucosa due to irritation caused by chronic use of tobacco. Tobacco chewing and smoking has many hazardous effects on the oral health as well as general well-being, so please discontinue the habit. For ulceration, I would suggest you to go for symptomatic treatment at home like gargling with lukewarm saline water or antiseptic mouthwash like chlorhexidine or Betadine.  Apply oral antiseptic, analgesic ointments like denote or mucosal topically over the affected area which helps in healing. Start with multivitamin supplements for 7 to 10 days and vitamin C lozenges will help in resolving the problem.  Avoid alcohol, carbonated Chat Doctor.  Visit a dentist and get the examination done, if the symptoms do not subside, I hope this helps, take care.