Table 2.

Causes of a complaint of dry mouth
latrogenic
Drugs Anticholinergics (such as antidepressants, antihistamines, antihypertensives, antiretrovirals) Sympathomimetics (such as bronchodilators) Irradiation damage Graft versus host disease
Salivary gland disease
Sjögren's syndrome Human immunodeficiency virus infection Hepatitis C virus Human T-lymphotropic virus type I infection Sarcoidosis Aplasia
Dehydration
Uncontrolled diabetes
Psychogenic