title: [Oral dryness in geriatric patients].
abstract: Dry mouth is usual in geriatrics. It doesn't seem a age related change of salivary gland tissues, but as often as not, it results from the use of some drugs. Seventy percents of institutionalised elderly population consummate these medications with buccal significance. This publication tries to summarize the means of diagnosis and the possibilities to treat this pathology.
authors.affiliation: L'Université de Liège.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hockers
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lamy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D009055:Mouth / Q000187:drug effects; D012464:Saliva, Artificial / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000503:physiopathology; D014987:Xerostomia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D012464:Saliva, Artificial
vernacular_title: La sécheresse buccale en gériatrie.