ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT OF XEROSTOMIA CAUSED BY IRRADIATION OF THE HEADAND NECK REGION - CASE-REPORTS

Authors
BLOM M DAWIDSON I ANGMARMANSSON B
Citation
M. Blom et al., ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT OF XEROSTOMIA CAUSED BY IRRADIATION OF THE HEADAND NECK REGION - CASE-REPORTS, Journal of oral rehabilitation, 20(5), 1993, pp. 491-494
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
Journal of oral rehabilitation → ACNP
ISSN journal
0305182X
Volume
20
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
491 - 494
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-182X(1993)20:5<491:ATOXCB>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Salivary flow rates were monitored in two patients, treated with acupu ncture for post-radiotherapy xerostomia. The flow rates improved after acupuncture and the effect persisted during the 2-year observation pe riod.