בשל "הגנת זכויות יוצרים", מובא להלן קישור למאמר בלבד. לקריאתו בטקסט מלא, אנא פנה לספרייה הרפואית הזמינה לך.

 

To assess the effect of major salivary gland intraductal irrigations (IGs) to relieve mouth dryness.

 

We retrospectively analyzed the records of patients with mouth dryness who underwent major salivary gland IG during 2013–2015. Records included demographics, medical background, dry mouth etiologies and symptomatology, and results of sialometry and sialo‐cone‐beam computerized tomography.

 

Subjective improvement following the IG procedure (yes/no) and sustained subjective improvement (mouth dryness relief for ≥1 month) were recorded.

 

Objective improvement was assessed by comparing the mean unstimulated (USF) and stimulated (SSF) whole salivary flow (WSF) rate before and after the IG.