From: Oral symptoms and salivary findings in oral lichen planus, oral lichenoid lesions and stomatitis
Category | Patients n = 49 | Healthy controls n = 29 |
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No feeling of dry mouth (score 0) | 53. 1% | 79.3% |
Slight feeling of dry mouth (score 1) | 26.5% | 20.7% |
Severe feeling of dry mouth (score 2) | 8.2% | 0% |
Annoying feeling of dry mouth making speech difficult (score 3) | 12.2% | 0% |
Difficulty swallowing due to xerostomia | 12.2% | 0% |
Difficulty chewing due to xerostomia | 10.2% | 0% |
Difficulty in eating dry food substances due to xerostomia | 32.7% | 0% |
Taste perception different from normal | 28.6% | 0% |
 -increased taste perception | 4.1% | 0% |
 -decreased taste perception | 18.4% | 0% |
 -no taste perception | 4.1% | 0% |
 -altered taste perception (dysgeusia) | 14.3% | 0% |
  Nocturnal xerostomia | 24.5% | 13.8% a |
  Morning xerostomia | 36.7% | 24.1%a |
  Daytime xerostomia | 22.4% | 3.4% |
  Evening xerostomia | 10.2% | 0% |
  Xerostomia at all times of the day | 10.2% | 0% |
  Waking up due to xerostomia | 34.7% | 17.2%a |
  Duration of xerostomia, years | 2,88 | 2 |