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Preliminary results of moisture checker for Mucus in diagnosing dry mouth
H Yamada1, Y Nakagawa, Y Nomura
1First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan. yamada-hi@tsurumi-u.ac.jp
Objective:
To evaluate the ability of Moisture Checker for Mucus (MCM), a device which measures the weight percent of water content in the oral mucosal epithelium, for the diagnosis of dry mouth.
Method:
Forty-three consecutive patients seen at the Dry Mouth Clinic of Tsurumi University were divided into two groups by the diagnostic criteria of hyposalivation defined by the stimulated salivary flow rate < or =10 ml per 10 min. The MCM values in the buccal, tongue and labial mucosa in each group were compared.
Results:
The value of the normal salivation group was significantly higher when compared with that of the hyposalivation group both in the buccal and tongue mucosa, P = 0.01 and P = 0.046, respectively.
Conclusion:
Moisture Checker for Mucus has the potential to be a useful device in the screening of hyposalivation.
