TY - JOUR
T1 - Recent advances in salivary scintigraphic evaluation of salivary gland function
AU - Chen, Yen Chun
AU - Chen, Hsin Yung
AU - Hsu, Chung Huei
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Taipei Medical University Office of Research and Development and Brittany Smith for English consult and editing.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - Saliva plays an important role in supporting upper gastrointestinal tract function and oral well-being. Salivary dysfunction mainly manifests with a decrease in salivary flow. Among varieties of quantitative methods, salivary scintigraphy is a relatively noninvasive, well-tolerated, reproducible, and objective approach for functional evaluation of salivary disorders, yet the lack of precise quantitative reference values and no standardized protocol limit its generalized utilization. In this article, we review the scintigraphic performance between the visual analysis and quantitative methods in predicting Sjögren’s syndrome and verify the potential aspects of the application in interpreting different disease entities and phases of functional salivary disorders.
AB - Saliva plays an important role in supporting upper gastrointestinal tract function and oral well-being. Salivary dysfunction mainly manifests with a decrease in salivary flow. Among varieties of quantitative methods, salivary scintigraphy is a relatively noninvasive, well-tolerated, reproducible, and objective approach for functional evaluation of salivary disorders, yet the lack of precise quantitative reference values and no standardized protocol limit its generalized utilization. In this article, we review the scintigraphic performance between the visual analysis and quantitative methods in predicting Sjögren’s syndrome and verify the potential aspects of the application in interpreting different disease entities and phases of functional salivary disorders.
KW - Functional evaluation
KW - Quantitative
KW - Salivary scintigraphy
KW - Sjögren’s syndrome
KW - Visual analysis
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U2 - 10.3390/diagnostics11071173
DO - 10.3390/diagnostics11071173
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85109418076
SN - 2075-4418
VL - 11
JO - Diagnostics
JF - Diagnostics
IS - 7
M1 - 1173
ER -