The flow rate of whole and submandibular/sublingual gland saliva in patients receiving replacement complete dentures. 2004

A Wolff, and S Ofer, and M Raviv, and M Helft, and H S Cardash
Hospital Dentistry Department, Assuta Hospital, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Provision of complete dentures to a new denture wearer increases the salivary flow rate is well known. The new dentures act as an additional mechanical stimulus to the salivary reflexes, thus increasing the flow rate. The purpose of this study was to determine whether replacing complete dentures would elicit the same response. Unstimulated and stimulated whole and submandibular/sublingual (SM/SL) saliva were collected before inserting complete replacement dentures and again after 2 days and after 3 weeks of denture wearing. Unstimulated whole salivary flow rate increased significantly 2 days after inserting replacement dentures, decreasing at 3 weeks but remaining significantly above the baseline. Stimulated whole salivary flow rate increased significantly after 2 days but decreased to normal after 3 weeks. Stimulated and unstimulated SM/SL salivary flow rate increased significantly after 2 days, decreasing at 3 weeks while remaining significantly above the values found before denture insertion.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009066 Mouth, Edentulous Total lack of teeth through disease or extraction. Mouth, Toothless,Edentulous Mouth,Edentulous Mouths,Toothless Mouth
D003824 Denture, Complete A denture replacing all natural teeth and associated structures in both the maxilla and mandible. Complete Denture,Complete Dentures,Dentures, Complete
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000369 Aged, 80 and over Persons 80 years of age and older. Oldest Old
D012469 Salivary Glands Glands that secrete SALIVA in the MOUTH. There are three pairs of salivary glands (PAROTID GLAND; SUBLINGUAL GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND). Gland, Salivary,Glands, Salivary,Salivary Gland
D012472 Salivation The discharge of saliva from the SALIVARY GLANDS that keeps the mouth tissues moist and aids in digestion.

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