Table 2.

Findings from the 687 patients with clinical relevance for their subjective complaints

Relevant finding1	Frequency (%)2
	Alla	Burning mouthb	Taste disordersc	Dry mouthd	Toothache/jaw paine
No relevant finding	15.1	26.6	12.8	6.8	14.7
Dental and orofacial findings3	58.4	63.7	59.7	64.4	68.4
Findings related to known general diseases or conditions4	28.7	35.6	31.6	35.6	24.3
Medication-related findings5	21.0	25.1	25.5	43.6	19.1
Allergies	11.9	7.9	11.7	6.1	5.9
Hyposalivation	9.6	12.9	10.2	33.7	6.6

¹All relevant findings from the 687 patients are listed

²Multiple entries per patient were possible. One hundred four patients exhibited no relevant finding (15.1%). Three hundred fifty-seven patients (52.0%) had one relevant finding, 160 patients (23.3%) had two, 51 patients (7.4%) three, and 15 patients (2.2%) four relevant findings

³A refined evaluation can be found in Table 3

⁴A refined evaluation can be found in Table 4

⁵A refined evaluation can be found in Table 5

^a100% = all 687 patients

^b100% = 303 patients complaining about burning mouth (44.1% of the 687 patients)

^c100% = 196 patients complaining about taste irritations (28.5% of the 687 patients)

^d100% = 163 patients complaining about dry mouth (23.7% of the 687 patients)

^e100% = 136 patients complaining about toothache/jaw pain (19.8% of the 687 patients)