2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Studies on the evaluation of diagnosis for dry mouth with a little amount of saliva
| Project/Area Number |
22659385
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Social dentistry
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| Research Institution | Fukuoka College of Health Sciences |
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Principal Investigator |
CHINEN Masatake 福岡医療短期大学, 保健福祉学科, 教授 (20099055)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 口腔乾燥 / 唾液 / 粘度 / 微少量測定 |
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| Research Abstract |
Because the saliva from patients of xerostomia (dry mouth) is not able to obtain sufficiently, the diagnostic method used the salivary viscosity has not been established so far. Therefore, the measurements of viscosity with 50 ~100 μL of saliva were studied. The result suggests that the diagnosis for dry mouth might be achieved with one ~ two drops of saliva.
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