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Treatment, for example, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Patients should avoid using glycerin and lemon juice, which dehydrate the mouth and cause exhaustion of salivary secretions (NICE, 2018). Almoudi MM, Hussein AS, Abu Hassan MI, Mohamad Zain N (2018). NICE (2018). List of common drugs that cause dry mouth. References.
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