Tehran University Researchers Found Correlation between Dry Mouth & Low Calcium

Tehran University Researchers Found Correlation between Dry Mouth & Low Calcium
Date: 7/11/2007

Tehran University of Medical Sciences /Public Relations News Service: New findings show that salivary calcium concentration may be higher in menopausal women with oral dry feeling.

According to the results of a research conducted in the Clinic of Oral Medicine, Tehran university of medical sciences this evidence can be the reason of oral dryness in some of menopausal women and management of this problem can alleviate the problem.

This research has been published in ORAL DISEASES 13 (3): 320-323 MAY 2007 under the title: Stimulated whole salivary flow rate and composition in menopausal women with oral dryness feeling.

The researchers and authors of this article as indexed in international portal of ISI/SCI are as follows:
Agha-Hosseini, F.
Mirzaii-Dizgah, I.
Moghaddam, P. P.
Akrad, Z. T.

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