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Hello again.
Over the past several weeks, I have been experiencing this strange problem where these white, stringy, gooey clumps have been appearing in my mouth, forming in the corners or along the contours of my cheeks and gums. This has been happening only in the mornings, roughly 45-60 minutes after I have brushed my teeth. I have never seen this happen after I brush at night, or any other time of the day for that matter. I find it really disgusting and want to know how to stop it.
I suspected oral thrush to be the culprit when it started to become a common occurrence. However, I have not shown any other symptoms, so it does not seem likely to me. Could my breakfast or toothpaste be the culprit? For breakfast, I usually eat a bagel with eggs, sometimes including sausage too. The toothpaste I use is Colgate Total, which is a whitening toothpaste that uses stannous fluoride.
Besides thrush, I’ve heard that this could either be the accumulation of plaque and bacteria that has nowhere else to stick to (and therefore nothing to worry about) or the lining of the cheek sloughing off. What do you think could be the reason for my case?
Over the past several weeks, I have been experiencing this strange problem where these white, stringy, gooey clumps have been appearing in my mouth, forming in the corners or along the contours of my cheeks and gums. This has been happening only in the mornings, roughly 45-60 minutes after I have brushed my teeth. I have never seen this happen after I brush at night, or any other time of the day for that matter. I find it really disgusting and want to know how to stop it.
I suspected oral thrush to be the culprit when it started to become a common occurrence. However, I have not shown any other symptoms, so it does not seem likely to me. Could my breakfast or toothpaste be the culprit? For breakfast, I usually eat a bagel with eggs, sometimes including sausage too. The toothpaste I use is Colgate Total, which is a whitening toothpaste that uses stannous fluoride.
Besides thrush, I’ve heard that this could either be the accumulation of plaque and bacteria that has nowhere else to stick to (and therefore nothing to worry about) or the lining of the cheek sloughing off. What do you think could be the reason for my case?