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Collecting Saliva and Measuring Salivary Cortisol and Alpha-amylase in Frail Community Residing Older Adults via Family Caregivers
Published on: December 18, 2013
[Sialometry of 156 healthy subjects. Physiologic factors which influence non-stimulated saliva secretion]
P López Jornet1, A Bermejo Fenoll
1Faculté de Médecine et Odontologie, l'Université de Murcia, Espagne.
Purpose:
Sialometria or measurement of salivary fluid is an important test for the patients with glandular disfunction. Biological parameters are being studied which may influence the results of the unstimulated salivary flow measurements.
Methods:
Sialometria test, which was carried on 159 healthy subjects of a population (81 male and 79 females), studies habits (tobacco), age, sex, corporal weight, environmental factors, oral exploration (caries, lack of teeth and fillings)
Results:
We found less salivary fluid in the elderly subjects (p = 0.0001), in women (p = 0.045) and with missing teeth (p = 0.0001). We did not find any variation respecting smoking habit, or corporal weight.
Conclusions:
Before carrying out the salivary resting flowmetry we ought to bear in mind the variations respecting sex, age and number of teeth missing when interpreting a resting flowmetry.
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