Comparison of a saliva wetness tester and a moisture-checking device in patients with maxillary obturator prostheses
Comparison of a saliva wetness tester and a moisture-checking device in patients with maxillary obturator prostheses
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上颌闭孔假体患者唾液湿度测试仪与湿度检查装置的比较
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10.1111/ger.12008
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2013
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Nagaoka E
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Murakami M;Nishi Y;Kamashita Y;Nagaoka E
口腔肿瘤术后患者的口干检查理想情况下应在椅子旁简单快速地进行。湿度检测设备和唾液湿度测试仪可用于此类湿度测量。先前的研究报告称，水分检查设备可用于检查上颌闭孔假体患者的口干。然而，由于唾液湿度测试仪的测量原理与水分检查设备的测量原理不同，因此两种设备的诊断可能导致诊断不一致。本研究的目的是比较的有用性的唾液湿度测试仪与水分检查装置的患者上颌闭孔prosthes.MethodsOral水分测定与水分检查装置和唾液湿度测试仪在30个科目上颌闭孔prostheses。这些测量在舌粘膜上进行五次，并计算每次测量的平均值。使用水分检查装置测量水分的参考值为29%，使用唾液湿度测试仪测量的参考值为3 mm。当受试者的水分测量值小于参考值时，受试者被归类为口腔干燥。ResultsThe唾液湿度测试仪的诊断结果与水分检查装置的诊断结果一致。各自的水分测量值呈显着正相关（r= 0.88，p < 0.01）。结论本研究的结果表明，唾液湿度测试仪与水分检查设备一样适用于检查装有上颌闭孔假体的患者的口干。
ObjectiveExamination of dry mouth in postoperative oral tumour patients should ideally be performed simply and quickly at the chair side. Moisture‐checking devices and saliva wetness testers are available for such moisture measurement. Previous studies have reported that moisture‐checking devices are useful to examine dry mouth in patients with maxillary obturator prostheses. However, because the measurement principles of saliva wetness testers differ from those of moisture‐checking devices, diagnosis by the two devices may result in diagnostic disagreement. The purpose of the present study was to compare the usefulness of a saliva wetness tester with a moisture‐checking device for patients with maxillary obturator prostheses.MethodsOral moisture was measured with a moisture‐checking device and a saliva wetness tester in 30 subjects with maxillary obturator prostheses. These measurements were performed five times at the lingual mucosa, and mean values of each measurement were calculated. The reference value for moisture measurements with the moisture‐checking device was 29%, and that with the saliva wetness tester was 3 mm. Subjects were classified as having dry mouth when their moisture measurements were less than the reference values.ResultsThe diagnostic results of the saliva wetness tester were in agreement with those of the moisture‐checking device. The respective moisture measurements showed a significant positive correlation (r= 0.88,p< 0.01).ConclusionThe results of the present study demonstrate that saliva wetness testers are as useful as moisture‐checking devices to examine dry mouth in patients with maxillary obturator prostheses.