Dry Mouth Is Not Aging — It’s Your Saliva Shutting Down

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Think of your mouth like a conveyor belt in a factory. Saliva keeps the belt moving, keeps debris from piling up, and keeps the machinery from grinding itself down;

What the medical system waves off as “just getting older” is often something far more useful to understand: a medication load, a sleep problem, a blood sugar issue, or an immune system problem showing up through the one place nobody thinks to check.