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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Changes in the Oral Cavity in Menopausal Women-A Narrative Review.

Aleksandra Ciesielska, Aida Kusiak, Agata Ossowska, Magdalena Emilia Grzybowska

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  12. Treatments in oral lichen planus: a review.Frontiers in oral health · 2026
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  18. Oral Manifestations in Menopause-A Scoping Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Aleksandra CiesielskaDepartment of Periodontology and Oral Mucosa Diseases, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-204 Gdansk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1987-4376
Aida KusiakDepartment of Periodontology and Oral Mucosa Diseases, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-204 Gdansk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2846-1469
Agata OssowskaDepartment of Periodontology and Oral Mucosa Diseases, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-204 Gdansk, Poland.
Magdalena Emilia GrzybowskaDepartment of Gynecology, Gynecological Oncology and Gynecological Endocrinology, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-204 Gdansk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-5311-3450

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral health awareness during the menopausal period is essential to minimize the inevitable inconveniences which may occur due to hormonal changes. The decrease in estrogen hormone concentration impacts the oral mucosa in a similar way to the vaginal mucosa due to the presence of estrogen receptors in both of these structures. An estrogen deficiency also affects the maturation process of the oral mucosal epithelium and can lead to its thinning and atrophy, making it more susceptible to local mechanical injuries, causing a change in pain tolerance and problems in the use of removable prosthetic restorations. Mucosal epithelium during the menopausal period is more vulnerable to infections,

Indexed as

Burning Mouth SyndromeLichen Planus, OralEpitheliumFemaleHumansMenopauseMouth MucosaSalivamenopausal womenmenopauseoral healthoral mucosaperiodontitissaliva

Identifiers

PMID35010513
PMCPMC8750983

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