A very astringent mouth may be due to food effects, atrophic lingual inflammation and periapical inflammation.
1. Food effects: If you eat a lot of foods rich in ellagic acid such as unripe persimmons, apples and bananas, and because ellagic acid has astringent properties, it can affect the astringency of the mouth.
2. Atrophic lingual inflammation: Atrophic lingual inflammation can lead to atrophy of the tongue papillae and epithelium on the tongue, which can damage the taste nerves distributed on the tongue, and can lead to astringency in the mouth.
3. Periapical periodontitis: when the tissue around the root tip of the tooth produces inflammation, there will often be inflammatory secretion from the root tip hole overflow phenomenon, there may be the phenomenon of pus overflow from the gums, if the overflow of pus stimulates the tongue papilla on the tongue, the mouth will feel very astringent.
If the mouth is very astringent and accompanied by other discomforts, it is necessary to go to the hospital in time to identify the cause of the disease and actively cooperate with the professional doctor’s treatment.