Dry Mouth, The Malevolent Symptom (eBook)

Leo M. Sreebny is Professor Emeritus at Stony Brook University in New York and Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. Arjan Vissink is Professor of Oral Medicine at the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction (Olav Alvares)

In memoriam: Jonathan Ship (1959-2008)--a
celebration of his life

Editors and contributors

1. The enigma of dry mouth.

1.1 Dry mouth: a common worldwide tormentor (L.M.
Sreebny).

1.2 Saliva: the remarkable fluid (A. van Nieuw Amerongen,
E.C.I. Veerman and A. Vissink).

1.3 Living with the drought: the patient speaks (K. Morland
Hammitt).

2. Dry mouth: a multifaceted diagnostic dilemma.

2.1 The odd couple: dry mouth and salivary flow (L.M.
Sreebny).

2.2 Symptoms and semiotics (A. Vissink and L.M.
Sreebny).

2.3 Sialometry: the measure of things, with ease and reliability
(L.M. Sreebny and A. Visink).

2.4 Other ways to assess salivary gland disease (A.
Vissink).

3. The causes of dry mouth: a broad panoply.

3.1 Drugs, dry mouth and dentistry (L.M. Sreebny).

3.1.1. Setting the stage.

3.1.2. Drugs and the salivary system.

3.1.3. Xerogenic drugs.

3.1.4. Detailed reference guide to drugs and dry mouth.

3.2 Dry Mouth: diseases and conditions.

3.2.1 The auto-immune connection (C.G.M. Kallenberg).

3.2.2 Head and neck radiotherapy: an iatrogenic factor (A.
Eisbruch).

3.2.3 Brains and saliva (E.C.I. Veerman and J.A.
Bosch).

3.2.4 Other causes of dry mouth: the list is endless (S.
Beier Jensen, A.M. Lynge Pedersen and B. Nauntofte).

4. Treating dry mouth: help is available (J. Ship, A. Vissink
and L.M. Sreebny).

5. And what about the future?

5.1 Is gene therapy the answer? (B.J. Baum, C. Zheng, L.
McCullagh, A.P. Cotrim, J.S. Brahim, J.C. Atkinson, C.M. Goldsmith,
N.P. Nikolov, R.J. Turner and G.G. Illei).

5.2 Is stem cell therapy a reasonable approach? (R.P. Coppes
and I. Lombaert).

7. Index.

"Specialists in oral medicine, other hospital-based specialists and
anyone with an interest in research into salivary gland function
would also find this book a worthwhile addition to their
bookshelves." (Primary Dental Care and Team in Practice, 1 April
2011)



"This condition can be difficult to manage, and this book makes
it clear where more research is warranted... For students this is a
must; for clinicians it is a great reference and some of the charts
would be useful to have in the surgery." (Team in Practice,
October 2010)