Simplified and quantitative saliva buffer capacity test using a hand-held pH meter

American Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 147-150

  Kitasako, Yuichi ^a   Moritsuka, Michiyo ^a   Foxton, Richard M ^c   Ikeda, Masaomi ^a   Tagami, Junji ^a,b   Nomura, Satoshi ^d  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Graduate School   (Japan)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HORIBA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HYDROCHLORIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; ELECTRODE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PH; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALIVA; TEST STRIP; TITRIMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUFFERS; COLORIMETRY; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; ELECTRODES; HUMANS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT STRIPS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALIVA; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 23744462132     PISSN: 08948275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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