Everyone experiences dry mouth from time to time, such as after prolonged speech or when under stress.
It gets annoying when you suffer from insufficient saliva in your mouth for a longer period of time.
Prolonged or persistent mouth dryness can be bad for your teeth and oral mucosa. A lack of saliva is the cause of dry mouth.
For example, the salivary glands do not release enough saliva.
Saliva can also dry out due to evaporation when breathing through the mouth.
For children, we have a free brushing plan that can help with this!

How does dry mouth affect your teeth?

In a healthy mouth, saliva helps protect your teeth.
If you don’t have enough saliva, plaque forms faster than normal.
This causes cavities to form more quickly in your teeth.
This happens especially if you regularly eat foods or drink beverages that contain sugar.
In a dry mouth, plaque and cavities form mainly along the edges of the gums.
This can also cause the gums to become inflamed.
Eventually, the teeth may become loose.
We at Kroep Mondzorg help prevent this from happening.
Therefore, without additional protective measures, your teeth will be lost more quickly.
To get rid of the dry feeling, people sometimes suck on acidic candies.
The acid in the candies actually increases the occurrence of cavities and Acid Wear.