A clinical study to assess the flow rate of major salivary glands among various types of smokers using modified Schirmers method
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K117- Disturbances of salivary secretion
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/06/043554
- Lead Sponsor
- M Jyothi Pravallika
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Closed to Recruitment of Participants
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1. subjects who are having habit of conventional smoking
2. subjects who are having habit of reverse smoking
3. subjects who are healthy and have no habit of smoking
1. subjects with systemic or nervous disease that could interfere with glandular functioning. (Parkinson’s disease)
2. Subjects who take any medicines that could interfere with saliva secretion.(sympathomimetics like ephedrine, phenylephrine etc.,)
3. Subjects with symptoms of oral dryness with no habit of smoking. (sjogren’s syndrome)
4. Any subject who had undergone radiotherapy of head and neck procedures recently.
5. Subjects who are having habit of smoking previously and has quit more than 3 months back.
6. Subjects who are not willing to participate in study after explanation of the procedure are excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method •To know the change in the flow rates of major salivary glands in various types of smoking habits.Timepoint: PAROTID GLAND FLOW RATE: 1ST DAY <br/ ><br>SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND FLOW RATE: 1ST DAY
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ILTimepoint: NI