Dry Mouth and New Cavities After 60: What Your Medication List Explains

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Direct Answer: Many common prescriptions reduce saliva, and less saliva means acid sits on teeth longer. That is why adults over 60 who never had cavities suddenly get several, especially at the gumline. Someone sits down in my chair who has gone thirty or forty years without a single cavity. We take the X-rays, I […]