Relationships between age, drugs, oral sensorial complaints and salivary profile

In conclusion, a reduction in salivary function and altered composition are age related. A compensatory capacity that prevents OSCs appears to exist in elderly patients who do not use drugs, but drugs were found to have an extensive effect on OSCs. The finding that the total amounts of salivary components and not only the salivary flow rate were reduced in elderly people is of great clinical relevance, since such a reduction is expected to be reflected in compromising various salivary functions.