Clinical management of salivary deficiency: A review article

K. M. Al-Saif, BDS, Msd*
Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, King Saud University, College of Dentistry,
P.O.Box 60169, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia.

The physical, chemical anrj antibacterial properties of saliva provide protection to human dentition against dental diseases, Therefore, salivary deficiency has to be managed carefully. The causes of saliva deficiency are many and varied. It is worth mentioning that saliva flow rate is normally affected by physiologic condi­tion, such as eating, resting, sleeping, cold or hot season etc. In this paper the protective role of saliva, etiologiy of saliva deficiency and its clinical management are discussed.

Saudi Dental Journal 1991;3(2):77-80.