Cut In Floor Of Mouth

Wash your hands before handling the injury.

Cut in floor of mouth.

The floor of the mouth is the part of the oral cavity that is located under the tongue. The mucosal surface of the floor of the mouth is easily examined clinically as superficial abnormalities can be assessed visually without the aid of imaging. These include direct trauma to the face deep lacerations to the inner cheek gums or tongue and. A cut in your mouth can be caused by many different things both internal such as biting your cheek and external such as a dental procedure.

The floor of mouth is a horseshoe shaped area under the tongue between the sides of the lower jawbone the mandible. Without infection mouth heals very fast. If you get your cut on the roof of mouth infected it might cause complications and take longer to heal. While many mouth cuts require minimal treatment others are serious and require emergency care.

For cuts inside your mouth such as tongue gums inside of the cheek and roof of the mouth. Cut on the roof of the mouth causes both pain and discomfort to a person. The mouth is an opening through which people produce sound for communication and also take in food. Men are diagnosed with floor of mouth cancer three to four times more often than women.

Cancer of the floor of mouth accounts for 28 35 percent of all mouth cancers. Clean the cut by rinsing with water. The most significant risk factors for floor of mouth cancer are tobacco and alcohol use.