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La Revue du praticien, 2001
The sensation of dry mouth is a common problem, often neglected. The decrease of salivary flow causes chronic oral discomfort and functional problems and predisposes to rampant dental caries and oral candidiasis. Various methods are described to evaluate salivary gland hypofunction but no single test has sufficiently high specificity and sensitivity ...
E, Vidal, E, Liozon, P, Soria
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The sensation of dry mouth is a common problem, often neglected. The decrease of salivary flow causes chronic oral discomfort and functional problems and predisposes to rampant dental caries and oral candidiasis. Various methods are described to evaluate salivary gland hypofunction but no single test has sufficiently high specificity and sensitivity ...
E, Vidal, E, Liozon, P, Soria
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Dental Clinics of North America, 1997
Dry mouth is a common complaint and, when associated with salivary gland dysfunction, a significant problem. Accurate and complete diagnosis of the patient with complaints of xerostomia is essential. Management should be directed to relief of symptoms, control of oral disease, and improvement in salivary function.
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Dry mouth is a common complaint and, when associated with salivary gland dysfunction, a significant problem. Accurate and complete diagnosis of the patient with complaints of xerostomia is essential. Management should be directed to relief of symptoms, control of oral disease, and improvement in salivary function.
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The Senior Care Pharmacist
Background: Dry mouth, or xerostomia, is a common complaint among older people. Dry mouth can result in a variety of dental complications, oral discomfort, difficulty swallowing and eating, and decreased taste sensation, all of which can adversely affect quality of life.
Renee L, Hayslett, Leisa L, Marshall
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Background: Dry mouth, or xerostomia, is a common complaint among older people. Dry mouth can result in a variety of dental complications, oral discomfort, difficulty swallowing and eating, and decreased taste sensation, all of which can adversely affect quality of life.
Renee L, Hayslett, Leisa L, Marshall
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Medizinische Monatsschrift fur Pharmazeuten, 2006
Dryness of the mouth (xerostomia) is a serious problem for the affected patients, in particular if it is caused by a reduced salivation. Triggering factors are, e.g., drugs (antihypertensives, neuroleptics), CNS disorders, chronic obstruction of nasal breathing, irradiation therapy of head-neck tumors, Sjögren's syndrome, sarcoidosis, or diabetes ...
Michael, Reiss, Gilfe, Reiss
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Dryness of the mouth (xerostomia) is a serious problem for the affected patients, in particular if it is caused by a reduced salivation. Triggering factors are, e.g., drugs (antihypertensives, neuroleptics), CNS disorders, chronic obstruction of nasal breathing, irradiation therapy of head-neck tumors, Sjögren's syndrome, sarcoidosis, or diabetes ...
Michael, Reiss, Gilfe, Reiss
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Why radiation causes dry mouth
Science, 2017Physiology Patients with head or neck cancers who receive radiation frequently develop dry mouth, an effect that is not due to cell death in salivary glands. Liu et al. found that the ion channel TRPM2, which is activated by radiation, suppresses saliva production by triggering the cleavage and inactivation of the Ca2+ sensor STIM1.
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Differentiation of Dry Mouth Etiology
Advances in Dental Research, 1996Dry mouth is a common complaint. While it is often considered to be synonymous with the diagnosis of salivary gland disease, this is not the case. There are many causes of the symptomatic complaint of oral dryness, both salivary and non-salivary. This paper will review the causes of "dry mouth" and the means of establishing the underlying diagnosis.
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The Journal of clinical dentistry, 2018
This study examined ratings of two subjective aspects (moisturization and dry mouth relief) that may be changed following the use of dry mouth relief products (an oral gel, an oral rinse, or a mouth spray), in comparison to water over a period of four hours following a single supervised use on two separate occasions.This was a single-center, two site ...
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This study examined ratings of two subjective aspects (moisturization and dry mouth relief) that may be changed following the use of dry mouth relief products (an oral gel, an oral rinse, or a mouth spray), in comparison to water over a period of four hours following a single supervised use on two separate occasions.This was a single-center, two site ...
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