I would say my dry mouth is probably mild compared to most. If I breathe through my mouth or try any amount of exercise then I'm grabbing for the water bottle. I saw this gum today called "Quench Mouth Watering Gum for Active People" at the running store - thought I'd try it and see if it would do anything for my exercise induced dry mouth and WOW did it! Not sure if it's the tartness or not but my saliva glands went into overdrive! Really - I thought I was going to drool! My taste buds are still funky from radiation and I couldn't actually taste if it was tart or not so I really have no idea how it elicited so much saliva production but I thought I'd share with you all just in case any of you thought it was worth a try.

Looks like it has sugar in it but part of what makes us so high risk for dental issues is the dry mouth - so perhaps the saliva takes care of the sugar! I'm not a dentist so won't even guess any further on that!