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3 questions · 3 findings · 1 reviews · Oral medicine and oral cancer

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Buffered 'Prophylin' prophylactic gel vs Placebo gel

Dry mouth (xerostomia) · Adults seeking treatment for the symptom of dry mouth (xerostomia) due to any cause (e.g. medication, Sjogren's syndrome, radiotherapy,…

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for the management of dry mouth: topical therapies 2011 · Cochrane All outcomes
Persson 2007 (crossover, n=14, institutionalised elderly): no dry mouth symptom data after treatment were presented.
1 study · 14 participants
GRADE not reported

Buffered 'Prophylin' prophylactic gel vs Placebo gel

Salivary flow rate · Adults seeking treatment for the symptom of dry mouth (xerostomia) due to any cause (e.g. medication, Sjogren's syndrome, radiotherapy,…

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for the management of dry mouth: topical therapies 2011 · Cochrane All outcomes
Attempts to measure saliva secretion failed because the elderly participants were unable to co-operate.
1 study · 14 participants
GRADE not reported

Buffered 'Prophylin' prophylactic gel vs Placebo gel

Oral health (oral pH, cariogenic bacteria, Candida) · Adults seeking treatment for the symptom of dry mouth (xerostomia) due to any cause (e.g. medication, Sjogren's syndrome, radiotherapy,…

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for the management of dry mouth: topical therapies 2011 · Cochrane All outcomes
No difference between buffered gel, unbuffered gel and water for oral pH, cariogenic bacteria or Candida species.
1 study · 14 participants
GRADE not reported