Efficacy of artificial salivary substitutes in treatment of xerostomia: A systematic review

Aim: To provide an update on artificial saliva used to maintain the health of the oral cavity of patients with severe hyposalivation. Materials and Methods: A literature search was conducted in April 2018 in three electronic databases (The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials [CENTRAL], Pu...

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Main Author: Mansour K A Assery
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.jpbsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2019;volume=11;issue=5;spage=1;epage=12;aulast=Assery
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description Aim: To provide an update on artificial saliva used to maintain the health of the oral cavity of patients with severe hyposalivation. Materials and Methods: A literature search was conducted in April 2018 in three electronic databases (The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials [CENTRAL], PubMed, and Embase) by combining key words and terms related to the population and intervention of the topic. Results: The databases search resulted in 455 titles and abstracts. Of these, 21 were judged to meet inclusion criteria and full texts were read. Finally, 10 clinical trials were included for qualitative synthesis. Conclusion: Published evidence suggests that all the artificial saliva products tested in included studies reduced symptoms of xerostomia. These products should specifically be selected according to the patients’ concerns and needs. However, the included studies presented a wide range of products and suffered from high risk of bias. Therefore, long-term randomized controlled trials on effects of various products are required.
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spelling doaj.art-20e4bc947ebb44ada42ab2266e4d102c2022-12-21T19:34:14ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences0975-74062019-01-0111511210.4103/JPBS.JPBS_220_18Efficacy of artificial salivary substitutes in treatment of xerostomia: A systematic reviewMansour K A AsseryAim: To provide an update on artificial saliva used to maintain the health of the oral cavity of patients with severe hyposalivation. Materials and Methods: A literature search was conducted in April 2018 in three electronic databases (The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials [CENTRAL], PubMed, and Embase) by combining key words and terms related to the population and intervention of the topic. Results: The databases search resulted in 455 titles and abstracts. Of these, 21 were judged to meet inclusion criteria and full texts were read. Finally, 10 clinical trials were included for qualitative synthesis. Conclusion: Published evidence suggests that all the artificial saliva products tested in included studies reduced symptoms of xerostomia. These products should specifically be selected according to the patients’ concerns and needs. However, the included studies presented a wide range of products and suffered from high risk of bias. Therefore, long-term randomized controlled trials on effects of various products are required.http://www.jpbsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2019;volume=11;issue=5;spage=1;epage=12;aulast=AsseryArtificial salivasalivary substitutessystematic reviewxerostomia
spellingShingle Mansour K A Assery
Efficacy of artificial salivary substitutes in treatment of xerostomia: A systematic review
Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
Artificial saliva
salivary substitutes
systematic review
xerostomia
title Efficacy of artificial salivary substitutes in treatment of xerostomia: A systematic review
title_full Efficacy of artificial salivary substitutes in treatment of xerostomia: A systematic review
title_fullStr Efficacy of artificial salivary substitutes in treatment of xerostomia: A systematic review
title_full_unstemmed Efficacy of artificial salivary substitutes in treatment of xerostomia: A systematic review
title_short Efficacy of artificial salivary substitutes in treatment of xerostomia: A systematic review
title_sort efficacy of artificial salivary substitutes in treatment of xerostomia a systematic review
topic Artificial saliva
salivary substitutes
systematic review
xerostomia
url http://www.jpbsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2019;volume=11;issue=5;spage=1;epage=12;aulast=Assery
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