Current Trends in the Management of Xerostomia: A Review
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Xerostomia is subjective sensation of dry mouth due to reduced salivary flow. Mouth dryness interferes with chewing, swallowing, speaking, with significant increase in dental caries and other oral infections that may have considerable impact on oral health. Dry mouth may be caused by systemic diseases, drugs or by radiotherapy of head and neck cancers, etiology being multifactorial, it affects nearly half of elderly and one fifth of younger age group.Treatment of xerostomia presents as clinical challenge to the oral physicians. Although some treatment have been used to improve the symptoms of xerostomia, none is satisfactory. This review aims to present, current trends in the management of
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تاریخ انتشار 2016