{"id":3154,"date":"2022-11-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clinicacervera.es\/actualitat\/consequences-of-combining-some-medications\/"},"modified":"2022-11-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T22:00:00","slug":"consequences-of-combining-some-medications","status":"publish","type":"actualitat","link":"https:\/\/clinicacervera.es\/en\/news\/consequences-of-combining-some-medications\/","title":{"rendered":"Consequences of combining some medications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some medications prescribed for systemic conditions or diseases (such as antidepressants, diuretics, Parkinson&#8217;s disease medications, beta-blockers, and inhalers) can reduce salivary flow, causing what we call Xerostomia (dry mouth).<\/p>\n<p>Good salivary flow helps us reduce the population of bacteria in the mouth as well as the remineralization process of tooth enamel.<\/p>\n<p>So much so that the lack of saliva significantly increases the risk of cavities and periodontal disease.<\/p>\n<p>It is very important to inform your dentist about any medication you are taking.<\/p>\n<p>The patient arrived at the consultation with this aforementioned impact in a very advanced state, with great destruction of dental tissue and recurrent caries.<\/p>\n<p>Visits to the dentist were constant, always detecting new foci.<\/p>\n<p>We considered rehabilitation with dental implants and prostheses as the best option.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the patient maintains very good dental prosthetics, with regular maintenance visits to the office.<\/p>\n<p>It has improved in aesthetic function and quality of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3155,"template":"","categoria":[80],"class_list":["post-3154","actualitat","type-actualitat","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria-casos-dexit"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clinicacervera.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualitat\/3154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clinicacervera.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualitat"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clinicacervera.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/actualitat"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clinicacervera.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clinicacervera.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clinicacervera.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clinicacervera.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria?post=3154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}