Department of Periodontology, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Dentist, Social and Health Centre of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland Department of Periodontology, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland Oral and Maxillofacial Department, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland Social and Health Centre of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland Kuopio Research Centre for Geriatric Care, Finland Unit of Clinical Pharmacology and Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Campus, Kuopio, Finland Leppävirta Health Centre, Leppävirta, Finland Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Division of Geriatrics, University of Eastern Finland, and Department of Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland Department of Periodontology, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Oral Diseases (2010) DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2010.01764.x Objective: To analyse the relation of stimulated and unstimulated salivary flow rates to periodontal infection in home-dwelling elderly people aged 75 years or older. Subjects and Methods: This study was based on a subpopulation of 157 (111 women, 46 men) home-dwelling, dentate, non-smoking elderly people (mean age 79.8, SD 3.6 years) from the Geriatric Multidisciplinary Strategy for the Good Care of the Elderly Study). The data were collected by interview and oral clinical examination. Results: Persons with very low (