Original scientific paper

Burning and Painfull Mouth Treatment with Vasodilatory Iontophoresis

Kristijan Temmer ; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Branko Kota ; Dom zdravlja Sesvete, Hrvatska
Slavica Manojlović ; Nova bolnica Zagreb, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

Burning and painfull mouth are common oral symptoms, associated with the patients of middle and especially elder age, with no other clinical symptoms. Because o f various ethiologic factors they represent a great therapeutic problem. The aim o f this examination is to establish possible effects o f vasodilatory agents on patient with burning and painfull symptoms in mouth. Examination was carried on 30 patients with oral symptoms of burning and pain. Dihidroergotamin-metansulfonat was applied by iontophoresis over five days. Results show 59% of patient with symptoms lessed to stage 1, and 26% with total absence o f symptoms. Dihidroergotamin-metansulfonat iontophoresis decreases symptom o f burning and painfull mouth by vasodilatory mechanism and represent useful method in treatment o f these symptoms in elder patients, as well as in patients with circulatory problems.

Keywords

burning and painfull mouth; iontophoresis; vasodilatory agents

Hrčak ID:

100323

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/100323

Publication date:

15.9.1993.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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