Eric

Bad luck about the teeth. To echo another post of David's, be careful of what you wish for as there is indeed a "cure" for dry mouth, although it is worse than the condition. I carried a water bottle with me everywhere (in a nice masculine water bottle holder my wife custom made that displayed two of my Marine Corps Marathon finisher patches) and hated my dry mouth the first time around. The "cure' is simple: have your epiglottis scarred and frozen by radiation and surgery, then sever a nerve, and voila: the formerly non-perceptible trickle of saliva will have nowhere to go (even after TX, most oral cancer patients swallow 6,000 times a day just like before unconsciously)and it's the end of dry mouth. Every time you take a sip of water, or a bite of food, be glad you have dry mouth that results from swallowing the very very reduced saliva you still do generate.
That said, I still have my teeth so once again you trump me for troubles. Your strength and courage inspires us all Eric
Charm