If your tongue and mouth are always dry but you try to stay hydrated, there are some things you need to do, and seeing a dentist needs to be top on the list. There are a lot of things that could be causing your dry mouth, and an oral health professional needs to determine if the dry mouth has already caused some problems. Here are some of the things you want to do and what you want to talk with the oral health professional about.

Deep Tissue and Teeth Cleaning

Since the mouth has been so dry, it will be more likely to grow bacteria quickly, which could mean and increase in plaque around the gum tissue and on the tooth. This increases the chances of gum disease and also for cavities and damage to the enamel. You want to have a deep tissue cleaning performed, along with a regular teeth cleaning to help with the dryness and bacterial problems that could be in your mouth.

Halitosis Screening

The dentist will ask you a series of questions about the dryness and your bad breath to determine if you have a condition called halitosis. There are a lot of issues that can cause this type of condition, and you want to start treating it right away if you can. If your bacteria is bad enough, you may need an antibiotic to start cleaning up the problem, or a prescription to treat yeast in the body.

Alternative Health Issues

The dentist may look at the list of health issues that you're dealing with and decide that your oral health isn't terrible, and instead that you are dealing with other problems in the body that cause the dehydration and dryness in the mouth. If this is true, you want to get your family physician so you can get control of the problem before it does any more damage to your oral hygiene.

If you always feel like you are parched and that your mouth is dry, which leads to bad breath, white spit around the mouth, and other embarrassing issues, it's time for you to see an oral health professional, such as those at Belgrade Dental Associates, and get some help. You want to know that you can treat the problem and that you still have a healthy smile, and you want to prevent any further damage or decay that you may already have to the gum tissue and the teeth.