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Degeneration of oral leukocytes
Author(s) -
RAESTE ANNAMAIJA
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
european journal of oral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.802
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1600-0722
pISSN - 0909-8836
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0722.1972.tb00293.x
Subject(s) - saliva , peripheral blood mononuclear cell , chemistry , mucus , pathology , medicine , biology , in vitro , biochemistry , ecology
– The morphology of oral leukocytes was studied in healthy subjects. The different stages of degeneration of neutrophils were classified and a differential count was made in stimulated and unstimulated saliva and in the mobile mucus phase, collected by serial mouth rinses. The majority of cells in mouth rinses were neutrophils with multi‐lobular nuclei, whilst in saliva the mononuclear degenerated cell form was predominant. However, all the media contained equal numbers of identifiable but degenerated neutrophils (group III, about 35%). The pH values of stimulated and unstimulated saliva were measured in the mouth with a microelectrode system. It was observed that the morphologic appearance of the cells was similar in the two types of saliva in spite of the difference in pH. The pH of stimulated saliva was 7.20 and of whole saliva 6.76.