Xerostomia Diagnosis – A Narrative Review

Ayesha N. Khalid, Savaiz Elahi, Arsha Qurban, S. Atif
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Xerostomia can be defined as a feeling of dryness of mouth, which may or may not be accompanied with reduced salivary secretions. Xerostomia may result in localized and systemic disturbances within the body. The overall global prevalence of xerostomia is 22% with wide variation among different countries due to difference in target population. This review presents the recent literature on the diagnostic methodologies that are present in recent times through subjective and objective corridors. The most commonly used subjective methods for the xerostomia diagnosis include: Fox questionnaire, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Xerostomia Inventory (XI), and Shortened Xerostomia Inventory (SXI). Objective xerostomia diagnostic tools include salivary flow rate assessment. Aside from this, there are numerous radiographical modalities that can be used especially in diagnosing salivary gland disorders or radiation exposure due to oncological treatments which can also provide the added information to diagnose or monitor xerostomia. These radiographic tools include computer tomography (CT), scintigraphy, sialography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and ultrasonography. Different combination of tools gives a better xerostomia assessment, selection of which also depends on the age and health condition of the patient. KEYWORDS: flow rate; hyposalivation; diagnosis; oral dryness; salivary gland dysfunction
口干症的诊断综述
口干症可以定义为一种口腔干燥的感觉,可能会也可能不会伴有唾液分泌减少。口干症可导致体内局部和全身紊乱。全球口干症的总体患病率为22%,由于目标人群的差异,不同国家之间的差异很大。本综述介绍了最近通过主观和客观走廊出现的诊断方法的文献。目的评价口干症的唾液流率。除此之外,有许多放射学模式可用于诊断唾液腺疾病或由于肿瘤治疗引起的辐射暴露,这也可以提供诊断或监测口干症的附加信息。这些放射成像工具包括计算机断层扫描(CT)、闪烁成像、唾液成像、磁共振成像(MRI)和超声成像。不同的工具组合可以更好地评估口干症,选择哪种工具也取决于患者的年龄和健康状况。关键词:流量;hyposalivation;诊断;口腔干燥;唾液腺功能障碍
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