Salivary flow rate, subjective oral dryness and dental caries 5 years after haematopoietic cell transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to describe salivary flow rate, subjective oral dryness and dental caries 5 years post haematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT).

Methods

HCT survivors of a previous longitudinal observational cohort study in the Netherlands (the H-OME study) were invited to participate in this additional follow-up after 5 years (the HOME2 study). During the additional follow-up appointment, stimulated (SWS) and unstimulated whole saliva (UWS) was collected, participants rated subjective oral dryness on a 0 - 10 scale, and caries lesions were assessed. Furthermore, dental records, including treatments and radiographs, were requested for the 5 years preceding and the 5 years following transplantation. Paired t-tests were performed to determine changes in U

SUBMITTER: Bulthuis MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11389434 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature