Dry mouth
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The subjects underwent an evaluation of salivary secresion using the Saxon's test were divied into a dry mouth group (salivary secretion<2g/2min) and a healthy subjects group (salivary secretion 2>g/2min).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients who had a medical history of significant cardiovascular disease, significant pulmonary obstructive disease, gastrointestinal obstructive disease, epilepsy, or Parkinson's disease. Patients currently using drugs known to be xerostomic, taking disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs or predonisolone, undergoing radiotherapy for treatment of head and neck cancer.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| saliva secretion, oxidative stress of blood or saliva, saliva CoQ10 determination, Inspection of periodontal tissues. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine Department of Pathology