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ชื่อเรื่อง: Evaluation of Oral Dryness and the Salivary-flow Rate in Patients with Oral Lichen Planus
ผู้แต่ง: Assapattarapun V.
Talungchit S.
Jirawechwongsakul P.
Taebunpakul P.
Keywords: Clinical oral dryness score
Modified schirmer test
Oral dryness
Oral lichen planus
Salivary flow rate
Xerostomia
วันที่เผยแพร่: 2022
สำนักพิมพ์: Bentham Science Publishers
บทคัดย่อ: Background and Objectives: Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a common T-cell-mediated inflammatory oral mucosal disease. One of the complaints among OLP patients is xerostomia. However, the relationship between oral dryness and a decreased salivary-flow rate in these patients is not yet conclusive. So, we investigated oral dryness and the salivary-flow rate in OLP patients using various measurements. Material and Methods: Thirty OLP patients and 30 controls were included. The oral-dryness symptoms were collected using the Xerostomia Inventory (XI) and Bother Index (BI). The salivary-flow rate was measured using a Modified Schirmer Test (MST) and the spitting method. The clinical signs of dry mouth were determined by the clinical oral-dryness score (CODS). The Thongprasom score was used to evaluate the severity of OLP. The data were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test and Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. Results: The XI score and BI score in the OLP group were significantly higher than in the control group. However, CODS, MST, the unstimulated salivary-flow rate, and the stimulated salivary-flow rate were not significantly different between the two groups. There was no correlation between oral dryness and the salivary-flow rate in OLP patients. The severity of OLP was also not correlated to oral dryness and the salivary-flow rate. Conclusion: OLP patients had more complaints about mouth dryness than the controls. However, the salivary-flow rates between the two groups were not different. Additionally, the severity of OLP was not related to dry mouth or the salivary-flow rate. The possible reasons for oral dryness among people with OLP require further investigation. © 2022 Assapattarapun et al.
URI: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85142356382&doi=10.2174%2f18742106-v16-e2210130&partnerID=40&md5=bda65e1859ee23b134c07c5fd5a48f3b
https://ir.swu.ac.th/jspui/handle/123456789/27171
ISSN: 18742106
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