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- Title
Evaluation of the Effect of Menopause on Saliva and Dry Mouth- A Cross Sectional Study.
- Authors
V. T., Hemalatha; A., Julius; S. P., Kishore Kumar; G. S., Asokan; G., Aneetha Raman; N., Mani Sundar; B., Krishna Prasanth
- Abstract
Objective: This study was performed to evaluate the effect of menopause on saliva and oral health. Salivary flow rate and pH of stimulated whole saliva, oral sign of dryness were determined in regularly menstruating and postmenopausal women who are not on hormone replacement treatment. Study design :A cross-sectional study design was undertaken with a sample size of 60 subjects from whom Paraffin stimulated whole salivary samples were collected to record salivary flow rate and pH.sixty subjects are divided equally into two groups:-GROUP A The control group included 30 regularly menstruating healthy women (premenopausal women) (age range: 25-40 years).GROUP B The study group included 30 post menopausal women (age range: 45-52years).Immediately after collection, pH was determined by dipping pH test paper directly into the sample of oral fluid. Oral sign of dryness was recorded respectively. Statistical Analysis and Results: Salivary flow rate and pH values of the postmenopausal women were significantly lower than those of the control group (p=0.0001). Clinical Sign of oral dryness is significantly higher among the post menopausal women than that of the control group (p=0.0001).In our study we found salivary flow rate significantly lower in the post-menopausal women in comparison with the menstruating women and it was also observed that the salivary pH of the post-menopausal group was significantly lower than that of the control group. Conclusion: Saliva being an easy diagnostic tool would serve as andiagnostic tool of hypo-salivation which is the most commonest oral changes during menopause.
- Subjects
XEROSTOMIA; SALIVA; MENOPAUSE; RECORD collecting; CROSS-sectional method; PARAFFIN wax
- Publication
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2018, Vol 9, Issue 12, p317
- ISSN
0976-0245
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5958/0976-5506.2018.01854.5