Disorders of taste function in crack cocaine addicts

Perception of taste in HIV‐positive individuals in treatment antiretroviral: results of a case‐control study

“…However, the sour taste was identified by both groups. This difficulty in the perception of bitter taste was also reported in other studies involving patients infected with HIV, individuals with benign migratory glossitis and crack users …”

“…The main advantages of this method include: (a) to obtain reliable data on clinical, (b) to be a rapid test (the evaluation does not take more than ten minutes), (c) to have a long life, (d) to be easily portable, and (e) to allow testing each side of the tongue separately . Several studies were conducted to investigate the taste perception in various clinical situations since the development of this technique …”

Oral changes in cocaine abusers: an integrative review

“… Extensive destruction of the craniofacial region, where four free flaps in association with the base of the skull and forehead are reconstituted with bone grafts and the use of implants. Chaiben et al (2014) 24 Brazil 60 21 to 45 F Experimental study Loss of taste The users found it difficult to recognize the salty, sweet and bitter tastes. Overall, the users mistook the salty flavor for sour or bitter taste and 20 (66.6%) were diagnosed with hypogeusia.…”

“…Regarding the type of study, of the 22 analyzed ones, 13 were case reports, 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 36 , 38 , 39 five were cross-sectional studies, 15 , 19 , 26 , 35 , 37 one was an experimental study, 24 two were observational studies, 26 , 35 and one was a field study. 25 Although literature reviews constituted an exclusion criterion, two studies 20 , 31 were included because they had more than one methodological type, being two case reports that contained literature reviews in their methodology.…”

Relationship between taste perception and use of upper complete dentures

“…There are lots of factors that may be associated with change in taste perception, such as age, alcohol consumption, presence of dentures, smoking, medications, illegal drugs, systemic and neurological disorders, and also HIV infection 7–11 . The literature has several studies involving the assessment of gustatory perception regarding some surgical procedures (tonsillectomy and ear surgery), medications, smoking, viral infections, crack use, and benign migratory glossitis 8,11–17 . Removable complete dentures are produced with a palate coverage.…”