Salivary flow rate and pH during prolonged gum chewing in humans

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 861-865

  Polland, K E ^a   Higgins, F ^a   Orchardson, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chewing; Chewing gum; Oral health; Salivary flow rate; Salivary pH

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL HEALTH; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASTICATION; MOUTH; PH; SALIVATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHEWING GUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MASTICATION; SALIVA; SALIVATION; SECRETORY RATE;

EID: 0141888388     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2842.2003.01177.x     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. BARABOLAK, R., HOERMAN, K., KROLL, B. & RECORD, D. (1991) Gum chewing profiles in the U.S. population. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 19, 125.
2. DAWES, C. (1969) The effects of flow rate and duration of stimulation on the concentrations of protein and the main electrolytes in human parotid saliva. Archives of Oral Biology, 14, 277.
3. DAWES, C. & MACPHERSON, L.M.D. (1992) Effects of nine different chewing-gums and lozenges on salivary flow rate and pH. Caries Research, 26, 176.
4. DONG, C., PUCKETT, A.D. & DAWES, C. (1995) The effects of chewing frequency and duration of gum chewing on salivary flow rate and sucrose concentration. Archives of Oral Biology, 40, 585.
5. EDGAR, W.M. & GEDDES, D.A.M. (1990) Chewing gum and dental health - a review. British Dental Journal, 168, 173.
6. IMFELD, T. (1999) Chewing gum - facts and fiction: a review of gum-chewing and oral health. Critical Reviews in Oral Biology and Medicine, 10, 405.
7. KERR, A.C. (1961) The Physiological Regulation of Salivary Secretions in Man, p. 71. Pergamon Press, New York.
8. ROSENHEK, M., MACPHERSON, L.M.D. & DAWES, C. (1993) The effects of chewing-gum stick size and duration of chewing on salivary flow rate and sucrose and bicarbonate concentrations. Archives of Oral Biology, 38, 885.
9. THAYSEN J.H., THORN, N.A. & SCHWARTZ, I.L. (1954) Excretion of sodium, potassium, chloride and carbon dioxide in human parotid saliva. American Journal of Physiology, 178, 155.