Open AccessEffect of three commercially available chewing gums on salivary flow rate and pH in caries-active and caries-free children: An in vivo study
Author(s) -
Usha Kiran Vantipalli,
Sai Sankar Jogendra Avula,
E Sridevi,
Sujatha Bandi,
Pranitha Kakarla,
Raja Vardhan Kuravadi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry/journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/jisppd.jisppd_256_16
Subject(s) - saliva , chewing gum , dentistry , medicine , sugar , oral health , food science , chemistry
Adequate salivary flow is an important requisite in the maintenance of oral health. Salivary flow increases in response to both gustatory (taste) and mechanical (chewing) stimuli. Hence, the aim of the present study was to know the efficacy of commercially available chewing gums (sugar free and sugared) on salivary flow rate (SFR) and pH in caries-active and caries-free children.