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Anticholinergic medication and dental caries status in middle-aged xerostomia patients-a retrospective study

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Xerostomia is the most frequent side effect of anticholinergic (AC) medications, which block the cholinergic neurotransmission of saliva secretion. As the most significant increase in AC medications’ usage reported in middle-aged adults, we aimed to explore whether the level of e...

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Autores principales: Kakkar, Mayank, Barmak, Abdul Basir, Arany, Szilvia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association for Dental Sciences of the Republic of China 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9236892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35784170
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jds.2021.12.014