Irritants must be avoided, including smoking and hot or spicy foods. The infection usually responds to treatment. The disorder can be quite painful until it is treated. If trench mouth is untreated or treatment is delayed, the infection can spread to the cheeks, lips, or jawbone and destroy these tissues. Call the dentist if symptoms of trench mouth occur, or if fever or other new symptoms develop in a person with this disorder.
Trench mouth is a painful infection of the gums and mucous membranes in the mouth.
Good dental hygiene prevents this type of disease, which is why it is seldom seen today.