Dry Mouth Remedies

RE: Dry Mouth Remedies Post By Kathy (Guest Post) (08/04/2007) I always have some dry mouth and a root canal this year. Yikes $ $ $ Then my very first bladder infection. Double dry with the meds. I normally dring tons of water. Be careful adding sugar or diet drinks to your teeth all day. Also be careful with lemon juice... they all have lots of acid that works on teeth enamel also. The Dentist recommended sugarless gum with xylitol. Trident Tropical twist is a great flavor. It works so fast that I put a half of the tiny stick of gum in my mouth and it doesn't look so obnoxious as some gum chewers. RE: Dry Mouth Remedies Post By Stella (South Australia) (Guest Post) (10/14/2006) Sorry J Doyle I can't help other then to tell you the content of the sachet, as posted on the box. sodium bicarbonate 1.75g tartaric acid 890mg citric acid anhyd 720mg and sodium citrate anhyd 630mg they are an effervescent granules Hope this helps. It is not unlike sherbet to taste RE: Dry Mouth Remedies Post by jdoyle (3) | (10/11/2006) Contact Stella, thank you for your post - is Ural powder unique to Australia? After reading the article in the link you included, I googled "Ural powder" and very few articles turned up, and those were from Australian sources. How does one obtain it if one lives in the United States? TIA! RE: Dry Mouth Remedies Post By Stella (South Australia) (Guest Post) (10/11/2006) May I suggest a way I found out by accident. following a bout of urinary tract infection. I was using sachets of URAL powder. & to see what it tasted like I dipped my finger into it, and tasted same. this brought the saliva flowing. consequently I now take a sachet with me at all times. one sachet can last for up to a month. Editor's Note: I wasn't familiar with ural powder so I looked it up. Here's a link: http://www.docwright.com.au/index.php?show=article&aid=00119 RE: Dry Mouth Remedies Post By Susan (Guest Post) (05/02/2006) I use gatoraide daily and I taint my water with odd things like vanilla extract or a couple sprinkles of crystal lite and those types. Sometimes I will put some rootbeer in the water or gatoraide also. Anything to make me drink the water more. Listen to the one who said there are consequences...I've just been to the dentist and they told me my repairs for tooth erosion and decay will be $10,000 and I have no dental coverage. I had to take a loan out for $1,000 to get one root canal (not including the crown) and one tooth extraction...which because of the dry mouth has turned into ""dry socket"" . THIS IS costly, lengthy repair time and more painful then having a baby or anything I've ever had - except the treatment...which is far worse. PROTECT YOUR MOUTH PEOPLE!!! RE: Dry Mouth Remedies Post By TonyaG (Guest Post) (07/17/2005) Joyce - I can so identify with your problem. I am diabetic and also have the same problem with meds so it's like a double whammy. I actually went to Wal-Mart and bought one of those 64 ounce mugs that I pretty much keep with me all of the time. I freeze chunks of water in the freezer to keep in my cup. Also, sometimes I get tired of the taste of just plain old water so I add lemon juice or some type of citric acid. I find that also stimulates the salivary glands to get it in gear. Hope this helps some. RE: Dry Mouth Remedies Post by jdoyle (3) | (07/13/2005) Contact I really appreciate all of the suggestions - I already have been using the Biotene Oral Balance and I was a "water drinking fanatic" years before I had this fun syndrome. I will be researching the information I saw on the natural remedies website listed in the post. Thank you all very much, and if anyone has additional ideas that have helped them deal with this problem, I welcome them! JDoyle RE: Dry Mouth Remedies Post by Pat5617 (8) | (07/12/2005) Profile | Contact You might want to try Breathe Right Nasal Strips. They help me a great deal. I also use Oral Balance. It is a very annoying problem. Try the Breathe Right Strips. Good Luck. RE: Dry Mouth Remedies Post by klr2080 (48) | (07/12/2005) Contact The link below is an article on natural remedies for dry mouth. Hope it helps. http://www.mothernature.com/Library/Bookshelf/Books/41/45.cfm RE: Dry Mouth Remedies Post By siris. (Guest Post) (07/12/2005) i also have a dry mouth. I take a bottle of water to the bedside at nite, One of the reasons for snoring is dry throat too. I don't even need to sit up with a sipper type bottle. I wake seveal times a night to sip, and fall right back to sleep. RE: Dry Mouth Remedies Post By LUCY330 (Guest Post) (07/11/2005) I have the same problem also from meds. The solution is to keep a bottle of water with you at all times. It is really the only thing that makes dry mouth go away. RE: Dry Mouth Remedies Post by skbeal (73) | (07/10/2005) Profile | Blog! | Contact There is something you can buy at drug stores. It's like an ointment, and you put a dab in the area of your mouth where the dryness is most problematic. I can't recall the name of this stuff, but it comes in a pink tube. It doesn't taste bad, and it's relatively inexpensive. Compared to many of the alternatives, I think it beats them hands down. You can also talk to your dentist, and if you have dental insurance, there's stuff that they can give you to put in your mouth overnight. They fit you with a tray which is moulded to the shape of your teeth, and you sleep with it in the same way that you would wear a mouth guard. Personally, I preferred the drug store stuff. The name of the ointment type stuff to which I referred earlier might be Orajel. I have experienced the same problem, and used the stuff often. It's important that you find something that works well for you. A dry mouth is not merely an annoying problem; the consequences can be far more severe, and can include problems with increased cavities and tooth erosion. I hope this helps you.