Dry mouth: Overview
Dry Mouth (Xerostomia)
Dry Mouth, or xerostomia is a common condition that causes your mouth to feel uncomfortably dry. It can occur when your body doesn’t produce enough saliva to keep your mouth moist.1
Saliva does more than just keep your mouth moist. It plays an important role in your overall oral health and well-being:1-3
Saliva:1
- Moisturizes and lubricates the mouth and prevents dehydration
- Aids digestion and taste
- Assists in speech and swallowing
- Maintains oral pH balance and tooth integrity
- Has antimicrobial properties
- Helps protect oral tissues
Dry Mouth can negatively impact oral health; Sufferers would be motivated to treat their Dry Mouth symptoms if they understood the potential oral health consequences4
Dry mouth in the general population
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Prevalence of Dry Mouth
Dry Mouth affects up to 1 in 5 adults in the USA4
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Impact on patient quality of life
Find out about the impact that Dry Mouth has on patients’ daily lives.
