Salivary flow rate, pH and buffering capacity in patients undergoing fixed orthodontic treatment - A prospective study

• Published in: Indian journal of dental research Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 527 - 530
• Main Authors: Anu, V, Madan Kumar, P, Shivakumar, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.07.2019; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd; Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
• Subjects: buffer capacity; Buffers; Care and treatment; Demineralization; Dental Caries; Dental equipment industry; Enamel; fixed orthodontic appliance; flow rate; Humans; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; India; Mastication; Microbial drug resistance; Mucosa; Oral hygiene; Orthodontics; Patients; pH effects; Prospective Studies; Saliva; Studies; Teeth; India; Japan; saliva; pH; fixed orthodontic appliance; flow rate; Buffer capacity

Background: Human saliva has got many important functions like lubrication of the oral tissues, making oral functions like speech, mastication and deglutition possible and also protecting teeth and oral mucosal surfaces in different ways. Dental Caries is one of the common complications in patients...