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Groundbreaking Dry Mouth Treatment Changing Lives

use to alleviate dry mouth are not effective and can and the severity; also, the effect it has had on their
sometimes contribute to more serious problems. oral health — for instance, tooth decay,” Crossetti
For instance, candy that stimulates saliva, or rinsing says. “The next step is we physically re-moisturize
with sugary or acidic drinks more frequently, often the patient’s oral cavity, using a combination of
leads to more tooth decay.” in-office treatments and an at-home rinse we
The lack of effective options motivated Dr. David designed specifically to treat dry mouth.”
Hazzouri, of the Center for the Treatment of Dry Most patients must use the rinse just twice a day
Mouth, and Crossetti to develop a new process to - in the morning and at night, but in severe cases
Do you frequently wake up at night because your treat dry mouth. it can be used more often. And Dr. David says the
mouth is burning? Do you ever struggle to speak “We realized the population with the problem was program is nothing short of groundbreaking.
or swallow because your mouth feels drier than the being underserved. So, a group of periodontists “We had one patient, referred by her physician,
Sahara desert? and chemists started working on a specific who had lost 60 pounds in four months because
Dry mouth — called xerostomia — affects about program, and over a period of two years we came she couldn’t swallow. She came to us, and within
22 percent of the global population, according up with a formula that safely alleviates symptoms 30 days [of treatment] had gained back 28 pounds.
to The American Dental Association. It’s not a and prevents side effects,” Crossetti says. The doctor said we basically saved her life. That
disease, but a side-effect commonly associated To be clear, the doctors say there is no way to hasn’t happened to me in 30 years of dentistry; no
with medication, treatments for certain cancers, reverse the inability to produce or secrete saliva. one has ever said that to me,” Dr. David says.
and aging. It can also be related to diseases and “These are treatments, not cures. It is important
medical conditions, including Sjögren’s syndrome,
that the patient understand that, in order to remain
The Morning Call Lupus, and diabetes. comfortable and healthy, they will be using the oral
rinse daily and indefinitely,” Crossetti says.
The big problem, says Dr. Henry Crossetti, is that
“people assume the symptoms of dry mouth are
But, they say, when used consistently and as
simply inconvenient. What they don’t understand is
directed, the treatments change lives.
not be ignored.”
times a night who now sleep straight through,”
| that there are also health implications that should “I’ve had cancer patients who woke up five, six
Those health implications
Dr. David says. “Most patients only get a half-hour
Sunday, June 6, 2021 decay and bad breath but the average patient using our product can get
can range from tooth
to an hour’s relief with over-the-counter products,
to digestive issues,
eight to 13 hours of relief.”
mouth sores and more.
And many patients, he says, will get relief in a day
Exacerbating the
or two; at the most, within two or three weeks.
problem, says Crossetti,
treatment, or to make an appointment, visit
is that “most common
drymouthtreatment.info or call 570-961-6030.
methods that patients The treatment process is straightforward. “The first To learn more about this revolutionary dry mouth
thing we do is diagnose the reason for dry mouth,
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