ArticleScientific reports2021
Care need and dry mouth as risk indicators for impaired taste and smell.
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- Estimating the cut-off point of Xerostomia Inventory questionnaire score to diagnose dry mouth based on non-stimulating saliva test: a diagnostic sensitivity and specificity study.BMC oral health · 2025Article
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- Sleep disorders as independent predictors of taste dysfunction risk.BMC oral health · 2024Article
- Oral conditions are associated with salt taste disability among American adults.Oral diseases · 2024Article
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Abstract
To identify whether reduced saliva secretion or xerostomia symptoms are risk indicators for impaired taste and smell, depending on age and care needs. This cross-sectional study evaluated taste and smell in patients categorized into different age groups (<65> years) and different care need, with and without dry mouth. Of the 185 patients included, 119 were classified as "dry mouth" and 66 as "without dry mouth". Overall, 103 (55.7%) were female and 37 (20%) needed care. There was no difference between "dry mouth" and "without dry mouth" regarding identification of odors or tastes, but a difference in the number of correctly identified odors and tastes in favor of "without care need" patients (p < 0.05). The ability to identify smells and tastes was negatively influenced by age, number of medications, and number of comorbidities, but subjective dry mouth had no impact. According to our results, subjective dry mouth is not a risk factor for an impaired ability to recognize smells and tastes. However, care need representing age, the number of medications taken, and the number of chronic comorbidities is a risk indicator.
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