Challacombe scale
Medical scale measuring mouth dryness / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Challacombe scale is a widely used diagnostic medical tool designed to produce a clinical oral dryness score (CODS) which quantifies the extent of dryness of the mouth, with the aim of making a decision of whether to treat or not, and to monitor its progression or regression.[1][2]
It can be used to assess salivary flow and therefore calculate a risk of dental caries.[3][4] In addition, it has a particular use in the assessment of dry mouth in Sjögren syndrome.[5]
Based on a 10-point scale of clinical physical findings, a score of one is least severe and ten most severe.[4]