Methods of salivation reduction assessment at a dental appointment.

OBJECTIVE

The aim: To develop and study the methods of assessing the decrease in salivation during a dental appointment.

PATIENTS AND METHODS

Materials and methods: We formed an observation group of 185 people (61 men and 124 women), which complained of dry mouth.

RESULTS

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 179 patients (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 was reliably objectified by laboratory indicator of hyposalivation - less than 0.1 ml/min.

CONCLUSION

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 stomatologistto quickly identify this pathology, analyze it and choose the right treatment tactic during clinical appointment.