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Editor, Senior Moderator
Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal
. 2021 Mar 27;24510.
doi: 10.4317/medoral.24510. Online ahead of print.
Evaluation of the xerostomia, taste and smell impairments after Covid-19
M-M Omezli[SUP] 1 [/SUP], D Torul
Affiliations
Abstract
Background: The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of coronavirus disease 19 (Covid-19) on the oral cavity by evaluating the oral findings in the patients who recovered after treatment.
Material and methods: This study involved confirmed Covid-19 patients whose treatment completed at least two weeks ago. A questionnaire consist of eight parts was applied to explore the oral findings after Covid-19. Also stimulated salivary flow rate was evaluated with a salivary flow test.
Results: 177 patients reached and 107 of them participate in the study. Regarding gender significant differences were found in terms of the presence of taste impairment after treatment (p=0.007), the degree of taste (p=0.021) and smell (p=0.010) impairment. 18 % (5/27) of the patients evaluated were showed hyposalivation. No significant differences were observed regarding salivary flow between males (mean?SD: 1.14?0.65) and females (mean?SD: 1.12?0.43), (p=0.928); among the patients having treatment at home (mean?SD: 1.03?0.48) or hospital (mean?SD: 1.33?0.65), (p=0.187). In some of the patients' taste [15], smell [23] impairment, and xerostomia [43] still observed at least two weeks after the treatment is completed.
Conclusions: The most frequent finding in patients after the treatment was xerostomia. Taste and smell impairments were more frequently observed in females.
. 2021 Mar 27;24510.
doi: 10.4317/medoral.24510. Online ahead of print.
Evaluation of the xerostomia, taste and smell impairments after Covid-19
M-M Omezli[SUP] 1 [/SUP], D Torul
Affiliations
- PMID: 33772565
- DOI: 10.4317/medoral.24510
Abstract
Background: The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of coronavirus disease 19 (Covid-19) on the oral cavity by evaluating the oral findings in the patients who recovered after treatment.
Material and methods: This study involved confirmed Covid-19 patients whose treatment completed at least two weeks ago. A questionnaire consist of eight parts was applied to explore the oral findings after Covid-19. Also stimulated salivary flow rate was evaluated with a salivary flow test.
Results: 177 patients reached and 107 of them participate in the study. Regarding gender significant differences were found in terms of the presence of taste impairment after treatment (p=0.007), the degree of taste (p=0.021) and smell (p=0.010) impairment. 18 % (5/27) of the patients evaluated were showed hyposalivation. No significant differences were observed regarding salivary flow between males (mean?SD: 1.14?0.65) and females (mean?SD: 1.12?0.43), (p=0.928); among the patients having treatment at home (mean?SD: 1.03?0.48) or hospital (mean?SD: 1.33?0.65), (p=0.187). In some of the patients' taste [15], smell [23] impairment, and xerostomia [43] still observed at least two weeks after the treatment is completed.
Conclusions: The most frequent finding in patients after the treatment was xerostomia. Taste and smell impairments were more frequently observed in females.