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Bedside Examination Technique for Taste

2023; University of Science Malaysia; Volume: 30; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.21315/mjms2023.30.4.17

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Mohammad Iskandar Sa’uadi, Lee King Peng, Sanihah Abd Halim, Jafri Malin Abdullah,

Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies

Taste disorders are uncommon and frequently unrecognised during neurological and even oral examinations. Nevertheless, understanding taste pathway, its disorders, as well as assessment of taste are crucial as it can reveal various oral, systemic and neurological pathologies that manifest as an alteration of taste. Multiple taste examination techniques have been described in the literature; however, certain techniques are complicated and may not be feasible. This paper describes the adoption of a relatively simple technique for taste assessment that can be performed at the bedside. The bedside detection of taste disorders will allow examiners to assign the patient for more detailed and invasive taste assessments.