2.3. Oral Health and Bio-Sampling
xerostomia, caries, halitosis, blisters, tooth brushing and interdental, toothache
BLEEDING GUMS, XEROSTOMIA, CARIES
Data on oral health were collected using a questionnaire, which inquired about the number of remaining teeth, the frequency of tooth brushing and interdental cleaning, and whether participants had experienced caries, bleeding gums, red or swollen gums, oral blisters or soars, toothache when consuming hot or warm drinks or when chewing, lost or loose or broken teeth, halitosis, or xerostomia in the previous 6 months [Participants were asked not to brush their teeth on the day of oral sampling. Unstimulated salivary flow (g/5 min) was collected in 50 participants according to the method of Navazesh [