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Leukoplakia - References
Keep your mouth healthy by focusing on leukoplakia risk reduction. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful.
- Kick the habits
Avoid all tobacco products and limit your alcohol consumption to reduce the risk
- Load up on antioxidants
Take daily supplements of 50,000 to 100,000 IU of beta-carotene, 800 IU of vitamin E, and 1 gram of vitamin C to help put leukoplakia into remission (note: smokers should not take beta-carotene supplements)
- Apply green tea “paint”
Taking 3 grams of a mixture of whole green tea, green tea polyphenols, and green tea pigments orally and painting the mixture on your lesions three times per day may improve healing
Also indexed as:
- oral leukoplakia
About this treatment
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Last Review: 05-11-2011
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