Zainab Assy

Chapter 1 General introduction, aim and outline of thesis	9
Chapter 2 Regional differences in perceived oral dryness as determined with a newly developed questionnaire, the Regional Oral Dryness Inventory	27
Chapter 3 Differences in perceived intra-oral dryness in various dry-mouth patients as determined using the Regional Oral Dryness Inventory	47
Chapter 4 Determination of intra-oral surface areas by cone-beam computed tomography analysis and their relation with anthropometric measurements of the head	77
Chapter 5 Correlations of palatal surface area with anthropometric dimensions of head and face	95
Chapter 6 Salivary film thickness and MUC5B levels at various intra-oral surfaces	111
Chapter 7 The relationship between the severity of oral dryness and the use of dry-mouth interventions by various subgroups of dry-mouth patients	137
Chapter 8 The association between oral dryness and use of dry-mouth interventions in Sjögren’s syndrome patients	161
Chapter 9 Preferences of Sjögren’s syndrome patients regarding potential new saliva substitutes	185
Chapter 10 General discussion	205
Chapter 11 Summary	217
Chapter 12 Nederlandse samenvatting	223
Contributions of the authors	230
Acknowlegdements	233
About the author	236
List of publications	237

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