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Teeth, own or false, dentist costs, extractions etc.
Aging Well | Last Active: Jun 12, 2023 | Replies (68)Comment receiving replies
@lacy2 @lioness You’ve both mentioned dry mouths. I’m so sorry if I’ve missed this somewhere in the discussions, but have you mentioned the dry mouth to your physician? Is this caused by medications you’re on?
There are several products on the market which can help relieve the symptoms. Oracoat Xylimelts really work well. They’re little disks that adhere to your teeth or cheek and time-release Xylitol, which is a natural sugar substitute that gets the saliva flowing and promotes healing. During my chemo treatments, Spry mouth rinse, which also contains Xylitol but NO alcohol, helped sooth my incredibly sore mouth. Other products such Biotene or Act Dry Mouth rinses help with keeping moisture in your oral tissue.
If those fail to help, there are several prescription drugs which help with saliva production.
And to answer the question of putting baking soda in salt water mouth rinse...yes, you can do that. There are also rinses with Hydrogen peroxide, such as Peroxyl, however you don’t want to use that for more than a couple of days as it changes the normal flora of your mouth. Adding honey is also soothing. Just don’t swallow any of these and always follow with just a plain water rinse.
8 ounces of warm water and 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of baking soda. If your mouth is tender and the salt water rinse is stinging, you can use ½ tsp of salt instead of a full teaspoon for the first day or two. Use this several times a day. If you want to make it up ahead of time to use all week, then bring the water to a boil first. Store in the refrigerator and warm the solution to room temperature or add some warm water just to make it more comfortable to use.
I hope these Ideas help!
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@lorimt, @lacy2, @lioness They surely do help lots. A friend told me about Xyliments and I ordered them....got some good relief for the first time in years. Lori, lots of good suggestions......hope these help. Dryness and sores and general mouth issues affect your whole life, no fun. Wish you well that you get reliefe!
blessings, elizabeth
Thank you @lori and all , years ago my optometrist and dentist suggested i ask my dr about dry mouth/eyes maybe sojourns and when i asked him he snapped; "you don't have it." No discussion, no tets. Fast forward 8 yrs, new doctor. Again new dentist suggested i talk to dr about it; he looked in my mouth and snapped (is snapping at patients the new norm for some drs? ?... "you dont have a dry mouth" .....wwwwhhhhat ???
So although I knew i did have very dry mouth, i must say i didn't do a lot about it. I think maybe why having tooth extractions at 77. Guess i felt i was up against a brick wall with 2 drs saying i didnt?
i did buy some expensive mints from new dentist but one of the ingredients, i think Xylitol, causes diarrhea and i already have ibs-d and fecal incontinence. So I blame myself for not doing more but when two doctors flip it off, its not very encouraging. Since i have had many uti's i do now keep a jug of water by my bed and every time i wake up take a sip... but i feel dry mouth and eyes could be or could have been symptoms of any of the list of illnesses i now have. Yes my mouth has been sensitive for years even to orange juice, catsup etc but i just avoid... if i haD my life to live over would have walked the thousands of miles to Mayo for a complete medical!!!!
ps i have a small chip on my shoulder about both drs, one of which said he couldn't see a goiter on my neck which another dr had noticed during anunrelated exam but hadnt put in his report... then we were on vacation in bonita springs and went to a clinic there.. was sitting opposite the dr a fair way away and told him my dr couldn't see it... "Well i can see it from here, it's huge' said the Dr in this clinic; i had the special xray and back home had lump and right side of thyroid removed.
I am grateful for the good drs i have seen but some of them, well...... enough words said! (although I have some more horror sotries as in not being diagnozed for a cancer that had all the symptoms)!! as they say, rant over!
thanks again for all the hints, J.
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@loribmt Dr prescribed Act mouthwash for my dry mouth and the lozengers. I have fibromyalgia and other problems she thinks it's from I'm not on many meds about 6 .I will look for the gly- oxide to see if this will help I use bottled spring water and put the salt,b.s.in it have used honey also. These are n
More painful then my fractures I have