Assessment of Salivary Flow Rate and Salivary PH in Subjects with Smoked, Smokeless, and Combined form of Tobacco Habits (Epidemiological-Based Study)

• Published in: Indian journal of community medicine Vol. 50; no. Suppl 1; pp. S70 - S75
• Main Authors: Sethi, Kavleen K., Srivastava, Sunita, Sinha, Abhishek, Mishra, Anuj, Iqbal, Haider, Srivastava, Tanmay
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 01.08.2025; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
• Edition: 2
• Subjects: Habits; Health aspects; Methods; Oral health; Original Article; Salivary diagnostics; Tobacco; Tobacco habit; India; tobacco; Saliva; salivary pH; salivary flow rate

Background: Saliva is a complicated secretion of the oral cavity and is the first fluid to be exposed to the toxic components of tobacco products. Saliva undergoes structural and functional changes due to tobacco use throughout time. As a result, measurements of salivary flow rate (SFR) and pH were...