Saliva is far more than just moisture. It is a critical fluid that protects your mouth, supports your digestion, and keeps your teeth, gums and oral tissues healthy. When saliva production is reduced - even mildly - the consequences can be wide-ranging and, over time, serious.
The impact of dry mouth is also felt differently at different times of day. During waking hours, the discomfort affects eating, speaking and socialising. At night, dry mouth disturbs sleep, causes repeated waking, and leaves many sufferers exhausted by morning.
Saliva is essential to keep your mouth and body healthy, it:
- Helps break down food and makes it easier to swallow
- Controls the balance of bacteria in your mouth
- Fights germs and prevents bad breath
- Helps you taste food
- Protects the enamel on your teeth and prevents tooth decay
- Aids the digestion of your food before it reaches your stomach
- Lubricates the mouth making it easier to speak
- Helps keep dentures secure in the mouth
A reduced saliva flow can result in:
- Constant feeling of thirst and the urge/need to drink continuously
- Bleeding gums and dry cracked lips, can be painful and make it difficult to talk, eat and impossible to wear lipstick
- Increased sensitivity when chewing or swallowing
- Bad breath
- Stringy saliva that you can’t swallow
- Sensation of stickiness
- Dry throat and overall oral soreness
Impact on Sleep & Night-time Wellbeing
For many dry mouth sufferers, nights are the hardest. Saliva flow drops dramatically during sleep, leading to disrupted sleep, a painful burning sensation on waking, increased tooth decay risk, and bacterial overgrowth - all from the loss of saliva's protective coating.
Applied at bedtime, XyliMelts work continuously through the night to stimulate saliva, protect teeth, and soothe oral tissues - so you and your mouth wake up in better shape.
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