Licorice Heals Canker Sores When Applied by New Medicated Disc; Newest Treatment Introduced by Orahealth Inc.

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- A study showing the effectiveness of a patented medicating disc using Licorice root (Glycyrrhiza) in healing and relieving the pain of canker sores was presented at the 2005 Joint Meeting of the American Academy of Oral Medicine and the American Academy of Orofacial Pain. Canker sores typically last 7 to 14 days. In this study healing occurred in 3 days or less for 96% of sores treated. The Glycyrrhiza extract (GX) was applied through a new oral disc that adheres near the sore and slowly releases the Licorice extract as it dissolves. The Glycyrrhiza extract discs also relieved canker sore pain in minutes according to the subjects' reports.

Now available as Cankermelts-GX, this completely natural product is the only available treatment guaranteed to heal canker sores and alleviate pain within minutes.

Documented use of licorice root for healing stomach ulcers goes back to the ancient Egyptians, and it was included in both the American and British pharmacopoeias for stomach ulcers until the 1950's. The use of licorice root for treating canker sores was not feasible until now because the strong flavor of pure licorice root extract made getting a sufficient amount of the extract on the ulcer too disagreeable. A delivery system was needed that could slowly release a small, mild and pleasant tasting, but therapeutic, amount just to the sore. This required developing an adhering medicated disc that would slowly dissolve. This disc was invented by the founder and chief scientist of Orahealth, Jeff Haley, and used in the study.

Cankermelts-GX is now sold at over 1000 pharmacies, but can also be purchased from amazon.com or drugstore.com if not available at a local pharmacy. Independent pharmacies can order from their wholesale distributors.

About Orahealth USA, Inc.

Orahealth USA, Inc., a privately-held OTC medication company that specializes in treating diseases of the mouth, is committed to providing the most effective treatments for the more than 50 million canker sore sufferers nationwide. Orahealth was founded in 2002 by Jeff Haley after creating Cankermelts-GX. Cankermelts-GX is the only canker sore treatment to deliver the traditional herbal medicine glycyrrhiza extract (licorice) with an exclusive patented, time-released oral medicated disc. A center of innovation for the treatment of canker sores and other ordinary mouth ulcers, Orahealth is based in Bellevue, Washington.