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A dentist made it his regular habit to stop off at a bar for a hazelnut daiquiri on his way home. The bartender knew of his habit, and would always have the drink waiting at precisely 5:03 p.m.

One afternoon, as the end of the workday approached, the bartender was dismayed to find he was out of hazelnut extract. Thinking quickly, he threw together a daiquiri made with hickory nuts and set it on the bar.

The dentist came in at his regular time, took one sip of the drink and exclaimed, "This isn't a hazelnut daiquiri!"

"No, I'm sorry," replied the bartender, "it's a hickory daiquiri, doc."

 

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If your guess had to do with those states' shift in marijuana laws, you would be correct.  Not, however, due to any new medical discoveries whereby marijuana plays a role in dental treatment -- just the opposite, in fact.
 
What I am getting at is one of the effects marijuana has on the user, which would be Xerostomia.  Xerostomia is what the infamous 'cotton mouth' is more commonly referred to among the dental profession.  Is it a big deal?  Maybe not to the user--at first--but to the dentist, I suppose it might be fairly lucrative due to the damage that Xerostomia can cause to the teeth and gums over the long term.
One might say, "C'mon! It's no big deal, just a small annoyance..." as one sucks on a sugar-laden soda to quench the thirst.  Certainly good for the dentist!

Here's the big deal:  Your natural saliva is 99.5% water.  The other .5% includes enzymes which have a variety of duties.  A pretty important bodily function is digestion, and digestion begins in the mouth.  Some of these enzymes break down larger food molecules into smaller ones so that they are easier to deal with as they continue through the digestive process, including the conversion of starches into sugars.  Other enzymes actually have antimicrobial properties, protecting the teeth and gums from pathogens living off the foods trapped in the crevices of the teeth, between the teeth underneath the gum line.  Some will actually do their jobs further on, assisting throughout the digestive track. 

Of course, saliva moistens the food we eat so it can be swallowed but it also plays a major role in correcting the pH of the oral environment in order to counter the acidity due to certain foods and pathogenic activity.  This watery fluid also carries ionic trace minerals necessary for re-building tooth enamel, lost to an acidic environment. Most of us desire to keep our tooth enamel hard, I assume.

As you can see, your saliva plays a pretty important role in the day-to-day function of the body as a whole, and simply re-moisturizing with water may be helpful to some degree, but not quite the total remedy to dry mouth.

Now before we all start wagging our fingers at the marijuana
smokers and the notorious methamphetamine users, xerostomia

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is a side effect of MANY prescription medications, cancer treatments, including chemotherapy and radiation, as well as certain diseases such as Sj�gren's syndrome or diabetes.  When I was studying what Dr. Robert Nara had written on the subject a few decades ago, there were a just a handful of 'dry-mouth inducing' prescription and over-the-counter medications as well as Marijuana and Amphetamines.  Now there are over 400 known pharmaceuticals whose side effects include Xerostomia. For the most part we are looking at antidepressants, antihistaminics, narcotics and certain antihypertensives.

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