Hello, I ve done something really silly and burned the roof of my mouth just behind my front teeth with hot chocolate the area is very red/purple and extremely painful!! I m unable to eat anything and my teeth feel sore and sensitive now!! I have been advised by a pharmacy not to use bonjela cool as I am 20 weeks pregnant and the ingredient is not safe to be using? How long will it take to heal is there anything I can use safely to ease the discomfort??
Hello, Use lukewarm saline water gargles a couple of times per day. That would be best since you are pregnant. You can also use a bit of lidocaine jet over the burnt area after consultation with your gynecologist. Burns over the roof of the mouth tend to heal rapidly so that the whole area should be healed within about a week or so unless the burn was quite severe and extended quite deep in which event it might take a bit longer.