Oral health condition and saliva flow in southern Chinese with Sjögren’s syndrome

Abstract

Despite good oral hygiene and regular dental check-ups, the oral health of southern Chinese with primary SS was significantly compromised compared with secondary SS cases and controls, most probably due to the combined effect of impaired salivary gland function and poorer saliva buffer capacity.

Oral Aspects of Sjögren’s Syndrome

“…As the quantification is essential for candidal assessment, we have detected the salivary Candida levels of the study population. Ergun et al have found out that Candida counts in saliva were statistically higher either in SS-1 or SS-2 patients as compared with that of the healthy control, which is in agreement with the results of other similar studies (78,89,99).…”

“…Oral health status of patients with SS has been investigated in many studies, previously (56,75,(87)(88)(89)(90)(91). Subjective xerostomia has been reported in higher percentages (75.18% to 91.84%) in the patients with SS (56,75,88,91).…”

“…Subjective xerostomia has been reported in higher percentages (75.18% to 91.84%) in the patients with SS (56,75,88,91). Additional dryness-related signs in patients with SS are angular chelitis, redness of the tongue, atrophy of filiform papilae ( Figure 3 and 4), erythematous buccal mucosa ( Figure 5), hardpalate and softpalate, difficulties and pain on swallowing, burning syndrome, sensitivity to acid and/or spicy food, dysgeusia and bitter taste (8,(87)(88)(89)(90)(91)(92)(93). Most of the subjective symptoms such as dry mouth feeling and dysphagia have been reported to be in direct correlation with the decreased salivary flow rate which could also affect the sensory process of swallowing that leads to pain and difficulties on swallowing (73, 94).…”

Comparison of three strip-type tests and two laboratory methods for salivary buffering analysis

“…no available colour can be evaluated according to the manufacturer's instruction less measuring reliability. Additionally, it can be concluded that there is a general ambiguity concerning the category ranking among studies that were done with different test systems [21][22][23][24][25]. This implies that a one-to-one comparison cannot be made between the data presented in those reports.…”

Qualidade de vida oral e sistemica na Sindrome de Sjogren Primaria

“…4 Como consequência da xerostomia/hipossialia, a susceptibilidade a doenças orais encontra-se aumentada e a utilização de prótese removível poderá estar condicionada. [5][6][7][8] Por conseguinte, a saúde oral pode revelar-se como um fator influenciador da qualidade de vida destes doentes. [1][2][3] Ao longo dos últimos anos, alguns estudos têm sido realizados de modo a aferir o impacto que a SS possui na qualidade de vida sistémica (QVS) e oral (QVO).…”