A brief xerostomia inventory for young adults. [PDF]
PLoS ONEObjectiveXerostomia (dry mouth) is a common condition that negatively impacts life quality for adults of all ages. Yet, xerostomia has primarily been studied among older adults and populations at high risk of dry mouth, with no widely-available self ...
Benjamin W Chaffee +5 more
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Unstimulated Salivary Flow Rate Corresponds with Severity of Xerostomia: Evaluation using Xerostomia Questionnaire and Groningen Radiotherapy- Induced Xerostomia Questionnaire [PDF]
Journal of Dentistry Indonesia, 2014 One of the oral complications in head and neck radiotherapy is xerostomia. The severity of xerostomia can be observed using objective examination (unstimulated salivary flow rate measurement) and subjective examination (assessment using xerostomia ...
Friendika Dhiah Ayu Intan Shinta +3 more
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Oral status associated with xerostomia and oral health-related quality of life: an older population-based cross-sectional study in China [PDF]
BMC GeriatricsBackground Xerostomia is a common condition among older adults and has been associated with adverse oral health outcomes and reduced oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). This study aimed to investigate the associations among clinical oral health
Kaijing Zhong +6 more
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Prevalence, predictors and severity of xerostomia in adult patients in general dental care [PDF]
Frontiers in Oral HealthObjectivesWhile xerostomia (subjective dry mouth) is frequently studied in elderly populations, this study focuses on adults aged 18–82 years to explore prevalence across a broader age spectrum, including younger adults who may experience xerostomia due ...
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EBioMedicine, 2016 Background: Xerostomia is a chief complaint of patients with Sjögren's syndrome (SS). However, newer proposals for SS classification remove xerostomia and hyposalivation from the criteria list.
Ilias Alevizos, Alan Baer, Bruce A Dye
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Salivary cortisol as a neuroendocrine stress biomarker for xerostomia in multiple sclerosis patients: a comparative cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMC Oral HealthBackground Xerostomia is a common and clinically relevant complaint in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), adversely affecting oral health, nutrition, and the quality of life.
Tanaz Khabazian +5 more
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Prevalence of xerostomia and hyposalivation in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
BMC Oral HealthBackground Oral health challenges in older individuals are often intensified by physiological and pathological changes associated with aging, leading to several oral conditions. Xerostomia and hyposalivation are common problems affecting quality of life.
Kanyanuth Boonyoung +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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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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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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