Saliva is the most valuable oral fluid is critical to the preservation and management of oral health.Saliva containing various organic and inorganic substances provides primary natural protection for teeth and soft tissues in the oral cavity assists in mastication, deglutition and digestion of food.The secretion of saliva can be affected due to various local and systemic causes.However keychron m4 if a patient is taking medication and has altered salivary secretion the differential diagnosis should include the possibility of an adverse drug reaction.
The drugs may lead to alteration in the flow rate of saliva, which can be either increased or reduced, however certain drugs have been reported to cause change in the color of the saliva.Several drugs may lead to sialadenitis associated with altered salivary secretion.These symptoms may simulate systemic diseases, Hence oral physicians need to be vigilant in recognizing these adverse drug reactions in the patients and it is incumbent upon the practitioner to try to stay abreast of this ever evolving serra avatar price field especially as it relates to dental therapeutics.