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SUBMITTER: Goto T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7558334 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Goto Takaharu T Kishimoto Takahiro T Iwawaki Yuki Y Fujimoto Keiko K Ishida Yuichi Y Watanabe Megumi M Nagao Kan K Ichikawa Tetsuo T
Dentistry journal 20200902 3
In this study, we evaluated the reliability and reproducibility of widely implemented salivary flow rate and oral dryness tests. In experiment 1, twenty young and healthy Japanese participants volunteered to participate. For each participant, the oral moisture (OM) level, unstimulated whole saliva volume (U-WSV), and stimulated whole saliva volume (S-WSV) were measured at the same time on two separate days. In experiment 2, twenty-seven patients who were over 65 years of age volunteered to parti ...[more]