Open AccessMETHODS OF SALIVATION REDUCTION ASSESSMENT AT A DENTAL APPOINTMENT
Author(s) -
Natalia A Riabushko
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
wiadomości lekarskie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.133
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2719-342X
pISSN - 0043-5147
DOI - 10.36740/wlek202006136
Subject(s) - dry mouth , medicine , dentistry , saliva
The aim: To develop and study the methods of assessing the decrease in salivation during a dental appointment.Materials and methods: We formed an observation group of 185 people (61 men and 124 women), which complained of dry mouth.Results: According to the results of the survey, we found that 10.3% (19 patients) had moderate xerostomia and 89.7% (166 patients) had pronounced xerostomia. In 179patients (96.8%) with complaints of dry mouth and with a subjective assessment as pronounced xerostomia, salivation rate was, on average, 0.08 0.01 ml/min. That wasreliably objectified by laboratory indicator of hyposalivation less than 0.1 ml/min.Conclusions: In our studies, we proved a direct relationship between patient complaints of dry mouth and laboratory-confirmed data. This makes it possible for a stomatologisttoquickly identify this pathology, analyze it and choose the right treatment tactic during clinical appointment.t