After taking first bite of steaming
hot pizza or drinking initial sip of hot coffee, we experience pain across the
roof of the mouth because of the burn caused by the hot cheese, liquid.
‘Minor burns to the
hot food’ is a common experience. The palate can also be burnt due to various
other hot liquids or even foods; but called as pizza palate as is caused mostly
by the pizza and considered as the most common culprit.
Pizza Palate burns
The cheese on top holds in the heat. Pizza can be upto 200
dregee F when put in the mouth. A pizza burn will heal on its own. Of all the
parts of the body, mouth has the greatest healing potential. Almost all the cells
of the mouth turn over almost every few days.
