World Workshop on Oral Medicine VIII: Development of a core outcome set for dry mouth: a systematic review of outcome domains for xerostomia.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify all outcome domains used in clinical studies of xerostomia, that is, subjective sensation of dry mouth. This study is part of the extended project "World Workshop on Oral Medicine Outcomes Initiative for the Direction of Research" to develop a core outcome set for dry mouth.

Study Design: A systematic review was performed on MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials databases.

World Workshop on Oral Medicine VIII: Development of a core outcome set for dry mouth: a systematic review of outcome domains for salivary hypofunction.

Objective: To identify all outcome measures used to assess salivary gland hypofunction (i.e., objective measures used to determine actual changes in saliva quantity or to assess response to treatment of salivary gland hypofunction) and to group these into domains.

World Workshop on Oral Medicine VIII: Development of a core outcome set for dry mouth: the patient perspective.

Objective: We conducted a qualitative study of patients' perspectives on dry mouth outcomes to explore their personal experiences and investigate which outcomes are most important to them. This work was part of the WONDER initiative (World Workshop on Oral Medicine Outcomes Initiative for the Direction of Research) exploring Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials.

Study Design: Using a study-specific topic guide, we conducted digitally recorded, semi-structured interviews of focus groups of patients with dry mouth secondary to Sjögren syndrome and head and neck radiotherapy.

World Workshop on Oral Medicine VIII: Development of a core outcome set for dry mouth: a consensus study.

Objective: This study aimed to develop a consensus-based core outcome set (COS) to be used in clinical trials assessing dry mouth interventions.

Study Design: Through 2 systematic literature reviews and interviews with dry mouth patients, we identified relevant outcome domains for dry mouth assessment. A Delphi survey was presented to health care providers attending the American Academy of Oral Medicine annual meeting in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, on May 2022 (n = 104) and 10 dry mouth patients at Cork University Dental School and Hospital, Republic of Ireland.

Paediatric dentistry trainee views on training relating to the medically compromised child and oral medicine elements of specialty training curricula.

Introduction: Paediatric dentists care for children who are medically compromised and with an orofacial disease; therefore, trainees need appropriate training in these areas. The prevalence of congenital and chronic diseases in children is increasing, and future specialists need an understanding of human health and disease and oral medicine. This study aimed to determine if current teaching and assessments were fulfilling these requirements.

Consolidating human disease learning in the Dental Emergency Clinic.

Introduction: Dental undergraduates typically learn and are assessed on aspects of human disease (HD) in the early part of their programme, but it is not until later in the programme that their HD knowledge is put into practice when they provide courses of treatment for numerous patients over multiple visits. The teaching of HD provides core knowledge on medical conditions and medications and is therefore essential in allowing newly graduated dentists to provide safe treatment for medically compromised patients or those taking medications. We wanted to examine the medical complexity of patients attending a university hospital dental emergency clinic to determine whether this was a suitable group that would help students to consolidate their HD learning in the context of a single visit where treatment was also provided.