Anticholinergic Burden and Dry Mouth Problems Among Older Adults (≥ 50 Years) Receiving Dental Care-A Retrospective, Cross-Sectional Analysis.

Objectives: Anticholinergics cause dry mouth and are highly relevant for dentists, but little is known about the relationships between intake and the occurrence of subjective and objective dry mouth with age. The German anticholinergic burden score (GACB) is a novel anticholinergic score that re-evaluates medications, particularly, those with classification discrepancies.

Material And Methods: We retrospectively investigated the GACB in older patients receiving dental care, evaluated whether GACB is related to xerostomia and unstimulated salivary secretion, and determined the influence of increasing age (beginning at 50 years of age).

Masking efficacy of bleaching and/ or resin infiltration of fluorotic spots on anterior teeth - a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objectives: The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the masking success of bleaching and/or resin infiltration treatment of fluorotic lesions in anterior teeth of adults and adolescents.

Data Sources: PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Embase were systematically searched from the beginning of documentation to December 31, 2023.

Primary Outcome Was The Number Of Masked Teeth: A tooth was considered masked when the color difference (ΔE CIE76) between fluorotic areas and the surrounding sound enamel was ≤3.

Halitosis in young patients with chronic kidney disease: findings from a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) directly affects oral health. Yet data about halitosis in young CKD patients and the impact of dental prophylaxis is limited. Therefore, as part of this randomized clinical trial, halitosis in young CKD patients undergoing intensive or standard oral preventive procedures was to be explored.

Use of the modified Schirmer test to measure salivary gland hypofunction/hyposalivation: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Although dry mouth is a relatively common condition, salivary flow is not routinely measured in dental clinical practice. Moreover, existing data regarding the use of the modified Schirmer test (MST) for the screening of dry mouth has not been summarized. This systematic review and meta-analysis, conducted in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines, aimed to determine whether the modified Schirmer test can be used to identify dry mouth.

Using the modified Schirmer test for dry mouth assessment: A cross-sectional study.

This study aimed to establish whether the modified Schirmer test could serve as a diagnostic tool for dry mouth, that is, whether it could reliably measure salivary film at selected locations within the oral cavity, and to identify levels of sensitivity/specificity and determine reference values. Therefore, a cross-sectional study (N = 120, mean age 63.5 [SD 13.

Power bleaching enhances resin infiltration masking effect of dental fluorosis. A randomized clinical trial.

Objectives: Patients with moderate dental fluorosis often feel esthetically compromised. Aim of this RCT was to evaluate the objectively and self-assessed masking effect of resin infiltration alone or in combination with in-office bleaching on dental fluorosis in adults.

Methods: Twenty-seven patients (9 male, 18 female, 24.