Oral soft tissue disorders are associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease: retrospective study

Oral soft tissue disorders are associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease: retrospective study

Abstract Background Dental erosion (DE), one of oral hard tissue diseases, is one of the extraoesophageal symptoms defined as the Montreal Definition and Classification of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). However, no study evaluated the relationship between GERD and oral soft tissues. We hypo...

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Main Authors: Masaaki Watanabe, Eiji Nakatani, Hiroo Yoshikawa, Takahiro Kanno, Yoshiki Nariai, Aya Yoshino, Michael Vieth, Yoshikazu Kinoshita, Joji Sekine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Dental erosion
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
Gingivitis
Inflammatory oral mucosal regions
Oral soft tissue disorders
Salivary flow volume
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12876-017-0650-5

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