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I went to severa doctors over the past 3 years. My OLP appeared out of nowhere. They didn’t even address it anymore. Went to an ENT and he did deviated septum procedure in my nose, checked my ears a few times.. never mentioned the OLP. Anymore and that was why I went to him in the first place. I saw GI doctors.. nothing, only procedures to bill my insurance. I read about dental procedures and teethwhitening.. I had it done a few months before my OLP came in… I used whitening toothpaste every day since.. I stopped using it about a month ago and my OLP is completely gone. If anyone is using whitening toothpaste, even mild formulas.. stop using it.. it was the root cause of my OLP. No thanks to the doctors.
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@libbyducker Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect! I’m so glad that you found us. And, you jumped right into the discussion—great!!
Thanks for the tip on whitening toothpaste. I’ll switch…can you share what brand you switched to?
Also, about a year ago, I bought whitening strips. I was not in a flare at the time…but boy did a raging flare start…and lasted for several weeks…just after one application.
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@libbyducker I agree with you. I find whitening toothpastes cause flare ups in my mouth too. I cannot eat mushrooms in any form either - not even mushroom is gravy, cream of mushroom soup, etc. Even if mushrooms can be picked off pizza and meats, my mouth can flare up because merely being touched with mushroom can cause a flare.
My oral pathologist prescribed Lyderm gel (has to be the gel) and after suffering for almost twenty years, I finally have found relief from that.