Hi,  I am concerned about drymouth and halitosis when I wake up.  I believe I am a mouth breather when asleep, because my nose when lying done tends to be blocked on which ever side I sleep on.    When I go to the dentist I tend to overproduce saliva?     How do I prevent dry mouth at nite and coated tongue with halitosis???I am over 70, take no meds, very healthly except for a higher BMI than I would like.
Hello, Thanks for writing to us. Halitosis usually occurs due to poor oral hygiene maintenance, sinusitis. I would suggest you to get a thorough scaling done. Use Chlorhexidine Mouth rinses to gargle. Chat Doctor. If necessary, salivary substitutes has to be administered. Take plenty of fruits as well as fluids. Habit breaking appliances can be used to prevent Mouth breathing habit. Also get Maligned teeth corrected through appliances. Also visit an E NT specialist to treat nasal blockade. I hope this helps.