Sjogren's help

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I've had a time waking in the night breathing through my mouth and it's

bone-dry and hurts. Betty will wake me sometimes to tell me I'm breathing

with my mouth open, so I'll get a drink and turn over to go back to sleep.

When I wake, my mouth would still be very dry and it'd take a long time to

re-hydrate my mouth.

Now, I don't have those problems so far. I take a piece of chewing gum and

chew it for a few minutes before going to sleep, then tuck it in a corner of

my mouth. If I do wake during the night, I'll take a drink, (I keep it

beside my bed) chew the gum a few times, and put it back out of the way.

I've had good sleep since then, and a hydrated mouth in the morning.

Sugarless gum works better, Doublemint is a little too sweet for me.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I've beat the suffering, and I'm

happy about it! Try it, you'll like it!

Dennis in Eastexas

" It's not Rocket Surgery "

[Guest guest]

I too have dry mouth problems and have gone the drinking water through the night

thing. I had extensive dental work done and one cap in the back of my teeth,

where the widom teeth once was is a problem. I have a small portion of my jaw I

repeatedly catch sort of like a bite. There has become a ridge which make it

even more likely to get pinched. The dentist filed that one cap down some but

that didn't help. His next proposed solution was to rework that cap to give

more space. I did not get the feeling that he was confident that would help. I

devised a solution that for the most part is annoying but works. I chew a piece

of gum until all the flavor is out. Then I paste it like clay over that section

of the mouth. I was doing most of the damage during the night so I try to get

it sculptured such that it will stay there through the night. I keep it some in

the day also. I am hoping that given time the callous will disappear and solve

the problem.

As a side effect it really helps the dry mouth. I don't like sleeping with gum

and wonder if I am inviting cavities. I pay extra attention to that area when

cleaning my teeth but still wonder about the cavity aspect.

piece of chewing gum and

chew it for a few minutes before going to sleep, then tuck

[Guest guest]

As I've learned, a dry mouth is inviting cavities. If there's not enough

saliva, it won't protect the PH of your mouth and cavities will thrive. I

suddenly have a number of cavities all around my mouth since suffering the

dry mouth. I would think using a sugarless gum will be a plus, allowing

saliva production, and chewing a little and relocating the gum during the

night would help, not hinder. I can't afford the solution proposed by my

dentist. He wanted almost $5,000 to fix my teeth instead of pulling the

really bad ones that he would have pulled a couple of yers ago, but he's

changed his attitude since then. I just have to live with it, I guess. I

hope you get your problem solved.

Dennis in Eastexas

" It's not Rocket Surgery "

Re: [ ] Sjogren's help

>I too have dry mouth problems and have gone the drinking water through the

>night thing. I had extensive dental work done and one cap in the back of

>my teeth, where the widom teeth once was is a problem. I have a small

>portion of my jaw I repeatedly catch sort of like a bite. There has become

>a ridge which make it even more likely to get pinched. The dentist filed

>that one cap down some but that didn't help. His next proposed solution

>was to rework that cap to give more space. I did not get the feeling that

>he was confident that would help. I devised a solution that for the most

>part is annoying but works. I chew a piece of gum until all the flavor is

>out. Then I paste it like clay over that section of the mouth. I was

>doing most of the damage during the night so I try to get it sculptured

>such that it will stay there through the night. I keep it some in the day

>also. I am hoping that given time the callous will disappear and solve the

>problem.

>

> As a side effect it really helps the dry mouth. I don't like sleeping

> with gum and wonder if I am inviting cavities. I pay extra attention to

> that area when cleaning my teeth but still wonder about the cavity aspect.

> piece of chewing gum and

> chew it for a few minutes before going to sleep, then tuck

[Guest guest]

I have contended with dry mouth for quiet some time but have not had a cavity in

years. A couple years ago all my teeth needed recapping ($5,000) because the

old caps had worn down to nothing. The dentist could not believe that I did not

have a problem with the ones where the middle of the cap was completely gone.

The dentist fix for the bad bite was $$$ and would give no assurance that it

would do any good. Since my goal is to protect that part of my check I have to

leave the gum in that exact same spot. Funny, the dentist fix would be to take

off more of the side, my fix actually adds to the side. I can't really

understand how I bite it. I don't like sleeping with gum and it took some

getting used but it is better than having a chewed up jaw.

BTW I am not slamming that dentist as he has all the latest equipment to work

with and over all does a good job.

Re: [ ] Sjogren's help

As I've learned, a dry mouth is inviting cavities. If there's not enough

saliva, it won't protect the PH of your mouth and cavities will thrive. I

suddenly have a number of cavities all around my mouth since suffering the

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