Open AccessUtility of two methodologies in the clinical assessment of oral dryness in postmenopausal women
Author(s) -
Rachita Chengappa,
Vasumathi Narayanan,
Asim Mustafa Khan,
Mangala Rakaraddi,
Kavitha A Puttaswamy,
Jaishankar Homberhalli Puttabuddi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of mid-life health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.423
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 0976-7819
pISSN - 0976-7800
DOI - 10.4103/0976-7800.191014
Subject(s) - dryness , menopause , medicine , postmenopausal women , surgery
The aim of this study was to assess the oral dryness in postmenopausal women and to correlate the salivary flow rate determined by sialometry with the clinical oral dryness score (CODS) obtained from Challacombe Scale. To correlate between subjective and objective oral dryness and relationship of salivary flow rate with that of the duration of menopause.