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Can the chokeberry juice be used as additional therapy for burning mouth syndrome in menopausal women?

Milica PetrovićLjiljana KesićKatarina ŠavikinBojana MiladinovićRadmila ObradovićMarija BojovićBranislava StojkovićSimona StojanovićMarija JovanovićDušanka Kitić
Published in: Health care for women international (2021)
The researchers' aims were to evaluate the effects of chokeberry juice in the treatment of burning mouth syndrome (BMS) and oral discomfort in menopausal women. The following validated scales and questionnaires were used before and after treatment: questionnaire used for selection of research participants with xerostomia, the xerostomia inventory, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), localization of pain before and after treatment, short-form McGill pain questionnaire. There was statistically significant decrease in number of research participants who felt pain after therapeutic procedure (p < 0.05). Chokeberry juice, as additional therapy for BMS, reduced intensity of characteristic types of pain sensations and oral dryness feeling.
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