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Xerostomia in primary care: a register-based study of prevalence, medication categories, and associated risk factors [PDF]
Frontiers in Oral HealthObjectivesXerostomia, the subjective sensation of oral dryness, is often associated with reduced salivary secretion. Xerostomia is a prevalent side effect to numerous medications but also found associated with aging and female sex.
Vini Rughwani +7 more
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Xerostomia from age 50 to 90 years: prediction and prevalence in cross-sectional and longitudinal studies [PDF]
Frontiers in Oral HealthObjectivesTo describe longitudinal changes and risk factors for xerostomia in two ageing samples from age 50 to 80 and from 75 to 90.Material and methodsIn 1992 and 2007, postal questionnaires were sent to the total population of 50-year-olds (born 1942,
Ann-Katrin Johansson +6 more
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Jurnal Kedokteran Meditek, 2014 Xerostomia is the subjective feeling of oral dryness. The major causes are Sjögren's syndrome (SS), medication and radiotherapy to the head and neck. SS is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by infiltration of the exocrine glands, the salivary and lacrimal ones in particular.
Delli, K. +4 more
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Characteristics of medication-induced xerostomia and effect of treatment
PLoS ONE, 2023 Objective Side-effects of medications cause xerostomia. There have been cases where a medication has been discontinued owing to its severe side-effects.
Kayoko Ito +6 more
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Geriatrics, 2023 Aim: To investigate the prevalence of xerostomia in older people with diabetes mellitus and its impacts on oral functions, as well as to determine potential risk factors for xerostomia.
Panitan Sonpanao +4 more
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Dry Eye Disease Patients with Xerostomia Report Higher Symptom Load and Have Poorer Meibum Expressibility. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The purpose of the study was to investigate if xerostomia (dry mouth) is associated with symptoms and signs of dry eye disease (DED). At the Norwegian Dry Eye Clinic, patients with symptomatic DED with different etiologies were consecutively included in ...
Ida G Fostad +6 more
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Discordance between hyposalivation and xerostomia among community-dwelling older adults in Japan.
PLoS ONE, 2023 Individuals with an objective decrease in salivary flow (objective dry mouth) may not be aware of subjective dry mouth (xerostomia). However, no clear evidence exists to explain the discordance between subjective and objective dry mouth.
Ichizo Morita +10 more
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Evaluation of Xerostomia in Different Psychological Disorders: An Observational Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016 Introduction: Psychiatric diseases like anxiety, depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorders are increasing at an alarming rate. These diseases can affect the quantity and quality of saliva leading to multiple oral diseases.
Suresh Kandagal Veerabhadrappa +5 more
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Current Oncology, 2022 Purpose. A single-institution prospective pilot study was conducted to the assess correlation between salivary amylase and xerostomia in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT ...
Francesca De Felice +14 more
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BMC Oral Health, 2022 Background This study was to evaluate the predictors of xerostomia and Grade 3 xerostomia in locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients receiving radical radiotherapy and establish prediction models for xerostomia and Grade 3 ...
Minying Li +6 more
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