TY - JOUR
T1 - The association between oral dryness and use of dry-mouth interventions in Sjögren’s syndrome patients
AU - Assy, Z.
AU - Bikker, F. J.
AU - Picauly, O.
AU - Brand, H. S.
N1 - Funding Information: This study was financially supported by an unrestricted grant from the Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Tandheelkunde (grant number OZB2018.01). Funding Information: Z. Assy has received a research grant from the Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Tandheelkunde (NTVT). F.J. Bikker declares that he has no conflict of interest. O. Picauly declares that she has no conflict of interest and H.S. Brand declares that he has no conflict of interest. Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - Objective: Sjögren’s syndrome patients use different dry-mouth interventions for the relieve of their oral dryness. Recently, it was shown that patients with dry-mouth complaints have regional differences in perceived intra-oral dryness. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate whether the use of dry-mouth interventions is related to the perceived regional oral dryness. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was performed among Sjögren’s patients. Volunteers could anonymously administer various questionnaires, including the Regional Oral Dryness Inventory (RODI), Xerostomia Inventory (XI), Bother Index (BI) and a list of dry-mouth interventions. Results: Sjögren’s syndrome patients use a wide variety for the relieve of oral dryness. “Drinking water’’ and “moistening the lips’’ were used most frequently. Dry-mouth interventions, “drinking water’’, “rinsing of the mouth”, and “drinking small volumes” had significant associations with the RODI-scores of the posterior palate, and anterior and posterior tongue, respectively. On the other hand, “using mouth gel’’ had a significant association with the RODI-scores of the inside cheeks. Conclusion: Sjögren’s syndrome patients are more likely to use mouth gels when their inside cheeks were experienced as most dry, while they drank water, rinsed their mouth or drank small volumes if the posterior palate, and anterior and posterior tongue were considered as dry. It can be concluded that intra-oral dryness affects dry-mouth perception and thereby also the use of the various dry-mouth interventions. Clinical relevance: The therapeutic choice of dry-mouth interventions by Sjögren’s syndrome patients seems to some extent to be related to dryness at specific intra-oral regions.
AB - Objective: Sjögren’s syndrome patients use different dry-mouth interventions for the relieve of their oral dryness. Recently, it was shown that patients with dry-mouth complaints have regional differences in perceived intra-oral dryness. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate whether the use of dry-mouth interventions is related to the perceived regional oral dryness. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was performed among Sjögren’s patients. Volunteers could anonymously administer various questionnaires, including the Regional Oral Dryness Inventory (RODI), Xerostomia Inventory (XI), Bother Index (BI) and a list of dry-mouth interventions. Results: Sjögren’s syndrome patients use a wide variety for the relieve of oral dryness. “Drinking water’’ and “moistening the lips’’ were used most frequently. Dry-mouth interventions, “drinking water’’, “rinsing of the mouth”, and “drinking small volumes” had significant associations with the RODI-scores of the posterior palate, and anterior and posterior tongue, respectively. On the other hand, “using mouth gel’’ had a significant association with the RODI-scores of the inside cheeks. Conclusion: Sjögren’s syndrome patients are more likely to use mouth gels when their inside cheeks were experienced as most dry, while they drank water, rinsed their mouth or drank small volumes if the posterior palate, and anterior and posterior tongue were considered as dry. It can be concluded that intra-oral dryness affects dry-mouth perception and thereby also the use of the various dry-mouth interventions. Clinical relevance: The therapeutic choice of dry-mouth interventions by Sjögren’s syndrome patients seems to some extent to be related to dryness at specific intra-oral regions.
KW - Bother Index
KW - Dry mouth
KW - Dry-mouth interventions
KW - Sjögren’s syndrome
KW - Xerostomia
KW - Xerostomia inventory
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-021-04120-2
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-021-04120-2
M3 - Article
SN - 1432-6981
VL - 26
SP - 1465
EP - 1475
JO - Clinical Oral Investigations
JF - Clinical Oral Investigations
IS - 2
ER -