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KMID : 0355220120370020107
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Journal of Korean Academy Oral Medicine
2012 Volume.37 No. 2 p.107 ~ p.112
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The Effects of Pilocarpine in Patients with Orofacial Movement Disorder
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Jeong Su-Min
Ok Soo-Min
Heo Jun-Young
Ko Myung-Yun
Ahn Yong-Woo
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Abstract
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Orofacial movement disorders (OMD) are uncontrolled movement of the muscles involving the face, tongue, lip and mandible. Due to variable oral and lingual muscles affected, the patients with OMD are interfered with the appropriate performance such as chewing, swallowing and talking. In this study, there are 4 OMD cases with oral dryness that saliva flow rate is decreased or not. The symptoms are improved after oral administration of pilocarpine to 4 patients with OMD. Therefore, we suggest that objective or subjective oral dryness could be etiologic factor in OMD and pilocarpine could be regarded as medication for OMD.
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KEYWORD
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Oral dryness, Orofacial movement disorder, Pilocarpine
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