Salivary Gland Dysfunction and Xerostomia in Sjgrens Syndrome》.pdfVIP

Salivary Gland Dysfunction and Xerostomia in Sjo¨ gren’s Syndrome Siri Beier Jensen, DDS, PhDa,*, Arjan Vissink, DMD, MD, PhDb KEYWORDS ¨ Sjogren’s syndrome Salivary gland dysfunction Hyposalivation Sialometry Xerostomia Subjective assessment KEY POINTS Unstimulated whole saliva sialometry is a major criterion for evaluation of salivary gland dysfunction ¨ in Sjogren’s syndrome according to the American-European Consens