Open AccessAre we telephoning ourselves to an upcoming danger?
Author(s) -
Sreenivasulu Pattipati,
Ragha Geethika Velugubantla,
Praveen Kumar Balmuri,
P Ramaswamy,
Tanya Khaitan,
Uday Ginjupally
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of indian academy of oral medicine and radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0975-1572
pISSN - 0972-1363
DOI - 10.4103/0972-1363.170133
Subject(s) - medicine , saliva , mobile phone , cannula , parotid gland , physiology , dentistry , surgery , telecommunications , computer science
Aims and Objectives: To evaluate the effect of mobile phones on salivary flow rate and protein concentration in parotid saliva by comparing the dominant and non-dominant sides of prolonged mobile phone users. Materials and Methods: Parotid saliva was collected simultaneously from both the glands in 50 healthy volunteers by using sialographic cannula. The obtained results were statistically analyzed using paired t-test. Results: Salivary secretion rate was significantly less on the dominant side of mobile phone usage. There was no such significance in protein concentration on comparing the dominant side with the non-dominant side. Conclusion: It was concluded that there was a change in the functional activities of the parotid gland in prolonged mobile phone users