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I went to see my brother's Acupuncturist. She found a protocol developed by the VA to solve dry mouth issues. It included two sessions within 24 hours. I did that. It was quite interesting that I had forgotten the sensation of having saliva in my mouth. It worked. I was advised that it would take some time for it to reach a 'normal' state, so in the meantime use Xylitol lozenges. I was quite impressed with the Acupuncture procedure. I did not know much about it before this. It is something that I will have to learn more about.

My dental X-ray showed bone-deaths quite extesnive. One of the treatment options is to remove all the teeth and put in-plant dental which will cost more than a fancy car. scary.

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Hi @darapoza,
Interesting and glad it worked in 2 sessions. I had 35 rounds (7weeks) of Photon radiation for a total of 70Gy and 3 rounds of cisplatin chemo for tonsil cancer back in 2008 but no surgery and to help with the brutal dry mouth tried Electrical Stimulation Acupuncture in 2015 which was offered at my cancer clinic for head & neck cancer patients. I was tested to get a baseline and retested after 8-10 appts. and had great results. Never needed to go back and to this day 10 yrs. later dry mouth is a non-issue and I don't have to carry a water bottle with me either.