Table 3.

Assessment of dry mouth symptoms, amount of salivary secretion, salivary pH, size of mouth opening, halitosis, and oral motor function

Oral function variables	Pretest		Posttest
	n	%	n	%
Dry mouth symptoms
No xerostomia (1)	3	6.3	11	22.9
Mild xerostomia (1.1-3)	35	72.9	36	75
Marked xerostomia (3.1-5)	10	20.8	1	2.1
Salivary secretion (ml/min)
Hypersalivation (>1.0)	0	0	0	0
Normal (0.41-1.0)	9	18.8	22	45.8
Reduced (0.21-0.40)	18	37.5	18	37.5
Hyposalivation (<0.20)	21	43.7	8	16.7
Salivary pH
Acidic (<6.7)	42	87.5	31	64.6
Normal (6.7-7.3)	4	8.3	13	27.1
Alkaline (>7.3)	2	4.2	4	8.3
Size of mouth opening
Normal male (40-74 mm)	12	100	12	100
Normal female (35-70 mm)	36	100	36	100
Restricted mouth opening (<35 mm)	-	-	-	-
Oral function variables
Absence of odour (0)	4	8.3	25	52
Questionable odour (1)	13	27.1	15	31.3
Slight malodour (2)	12	25	6	12.5
Moderate malodour (3)	13	27.1	2	4.2
Strong malodour (4)	5	10.4	0	0
Severe malodour (5)	1	2.1	0	0
Oral motor function
Normal (100)	1	2.1	5	10.4
Mild dysfunction (70-99)	46	95.8	43	89.6
Moderate dysfunction (43-69)	1	2.1	0	0
Moderate severe dysfunction (26-42)	0	0	0	0
Severe dysfunction (13-25)	0	0	0	0
Total palsy (0-12)	0	0	0	0