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Dry mouth and white tongue
I have a very dry mouth, I always have the need to keep sipping something. I wake up with a white tongue and bad breath. I want to get rid of this dryness and bad breath scenario.
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Saliva is necessary for both maintaining oral hygiene and balancing the microbial biome in your mouth less saliva or thick saliva will contribute to all of the above symptoms you have currently white coat on tongue could be a fungal infection and bad breath is accompanied by the same infection arising due to dry mouth
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Visit your local dentist give them proper medical history of any disease infection duration of your symptoms don’t hide anything with them
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These situations are easily managed don’t delay treatment
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Dr. Inavolu Shamini
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It would be better to go for a physical examination because if you have bad breath from the white formation on the term with might be due to fungal infection
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