Dry Mouth Can Impact Your Health
Dry mouth is more than an annoying feeling that makes you reach for a water bottle. It can affect your ability to eat, taste food, and protect your teeth. Kirtly Jones, MD, talks to Lea Erickson, DDS, about why dry mouth becomes more common with age, how medications and conditions such as Sjögren’s syndrome can contribute, and why saliva plays such an important role in oral health. Learn when medications may help, and why talking with both your physician and dentist is important if dry mouth becomes a persistent problem.
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