Dry Mouth and Oral Care

Dry mouth is a symptom with dryness in the oral mucosa. Dry mouth should be essentially approached by every dentist, but few clinics are prepared to cope with it in Japan to date. Most recently, patients with complaints of oral dryness, have much increased in our hospital. In this review, we present recent findings concerning the prevalence of subjective dry mouth, the association with saliva, medication, and systemic diseases, as well as treatment and prevention.