A Mathematical Model of the Influence of Salivary Urea on the pH of Fasted Dental Plaque and on the Changes Occurring during a Cariogenic Challenge

Caries Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-74

  Dibdin, G H ^a   Dawes, C ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid; Ammonia; Plaque; Saliva; Sucrose; Urea

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACID; AMMONIA; BUFFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARIOGENIC AGENT; ION; LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE; PROTON; UREA; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEWING GUM; DENTAL CARIES; DIET RESTRICTION; DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FORECASTING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; SUGAR INTAKE; TOOTH CALCULUS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ACETATES; ACIDS; AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BUFFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATES; CARIOGENIC AGENTS; CHEWING GUM; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL DEPOSITS; DENTAL PLAQUE; DIETARY SUCROSE; DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FASTING; FORECASTING; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; LACTATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHATES; PROTONS; SALIVA; UREA; UREASE;

EID: 0031607524     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016432     Document Type: Article

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