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Clinical evaluation of BIOXTRA in relieving signs and symptoms of dry mouth after head and neck radiotherapy of cancer patients at Seyed-al-Shohada Hospital, Isfahan, Iran
BACKGROUND: Radiotherapy of head and neck cancers causes acute and chronic xerostomia and acute mucositis. Xerostomia increases risk of radiation caries and affects on oral comfort, fit of prostheses, speech, swallowing, and the growth of caries-producing organisms. Salivary flow rate can be measure...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3544101/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23326802 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2277-9175.102976 |
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author | Gookizadeh, Abbas Emami, Hamid Najafizadeh, Nadia Roayaei, Mahnaz |
author_facet | Gookizadeh, Abbas Emami, Hamid Najafizadeh, Nadia Roayaei, Mahnaz |
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description | BACKGROUND: Radiotherapy of head and neck cancers causes acute and chronic xerostomia and acute mucositis. Xerostomia increases risk of radiation caries and affects on oral comfort, fit of prostheses, speech, swallowing, and the growth of caries-producing organisms. Salivary flow rate can be measured by asking patients some questions. There are different types of commercial synthetic saliva such as BIOXTRA, but until now, no one can effectively relieve xerostomia. We tried to design a clinical research on BIOXTRA efficacy for treating xerostomia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this research, 58 patients with head and neck cancer (except salivary gland cancers) treated in Seyed-al-Shohada Hospital. The patients received at least 40-50 GY; and after 2 months of compilation treatment, they were evaluated by asking about having xerostomia. Before and after treatment with the BIOXTRA, the PH of the oral cavity, candida albicans, and lactobacillus counts measured and documented in laboratory. We used BIOXTRA for 2 weeks, 3 times daily, and then re-evaluated patients with some questions. RESULTS: The counts of candida albicans and lactobacilli statistically significant decreased. CONCLUSION: Xerostomia for most patients improved clinically during the day and night while PH of the oral cavity increased. |
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spelling | pubmed-35441012013-01-16 Clinical evaluation of BIOXTRA in relieving signs and symptoms of dry mouth after head and neck radiotherapy of cancer patients at Seyed-al-Shohada Hospital, Isfahan, Iran Gookizadeh, Abbas Emami, Hamid Najafizadeh, Nadia Roayaei, Mahnaz Adv Biomed Res Original Article BACKGROUND: Radiotherapy of head and neck cancers causes acute and chronic xerostomia and acute mucositis. Xerostomia increases risk of radiation caries and affects on oral comfort, fit of prostheses, speech, swallowing, and the growth of caries-producing organisms. Salivary flow rate can be measured by asking patients some questions. There are different types of commercial synthetic saliva such as BIOXTRA, but until now, no one can effectively relieve xerostomia. We tried to design a clinical research on BIOXTRA efficacy for treating xerostomia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this research, 58 patients with head and neck cancer (except salivary gland cancers) treated in Seyed-al-Shohada Hospital. The patients received at least 40-50 GY; and after 2 months of compilation treatment, they were evaluated by asking about having xerostomia. Before and after treatment with the BIOXTRA, the PH of the oral cavity, candida albicans, and lactobacillus counts measured and documented in laboratory. We used BIOXTRA for 2 weeks, 3 times daily, and then re-evaluated patients with some questions. RESULTS: The counts of candida albicans and lactobacilli statistically significant decreased. CONCLUSION: Xerostomia for most patients improved clinically during the day and night while PH of the oral cavity increased. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC3544101/ /pubmed/23326802 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2277-9175.102976 Text en Copyright: © 2012 Gookizadeh http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Gookizadeh, Abbas Emami, Hamid Najafizadeh, Nadia Roayaei, Mahnaz Clinical evaluation of BIOXTRA in relieving signs and symptoms of dry mouth after head and neck radiotherapy of cancer patients at Seyed-al-Shohada Hospital, Isfahan, Iran |
title | Clinical evaluation of BIOXTRA in relieving signs and symptoms of dry mouth after head and neck radiotherapy of cancer patients at Seyed-al-Shohada Hospital, Isfahan, Iran |
title_full | Clinical evaluation of BIOXTRA in relieving signs and symptoms of dry mouth after head and neck radiotherapy of cancer patients at Seyed-al-Shohada Hospital, Isfahan, Iran |
title_fullStr | Clinical evaluation of BIOXTRA in relieving signs and symptoms of dry mouth after head and neck radiotherapy of cancer patients at Seyed-al-Shohada Hospital, Isfahan, Iran |
title_full_unstemmed | Clinical evaluation of BIOXTRA in relieving signs and symptoms of dry mouth after head and neck radiotherapy of cancer patients at Seyed-al-Shohada Hospital, Isfahan, Iran |
title_short | Clinical evaluation of BIOXTRA in relieving signs and symptoms of dry mouth after head and neck radiotherapy of cancer patients at Seyed-al-Shohada Hospital, Isfahan, Iran |
title_sort | clinical evaluation of bioxtra in relieving signs and symptoms of dry mouth after head and neck radiotherapy of cancer patients at seyed-al-shohada hospital, isfahan, iran |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3544101/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23326802 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2277-9175.102976 |
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