- NLM Digital Collections - Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General (pages 251-275)Publication: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (U.S.), 2000... taste alterations, oral soreness, oral dryness, and oral candidiasis or thrush (Aldred et al. 1991). In most ... Throughout their lives, American women report more acute symptoms, chronic conditions, and short- and long- term disabilities ...