EFFECT OF GUM CHEWING ON AIR SWALLOWING, SALIVA SWALLOWING AND BELCHING

BackgroundEructation is a physiologic event which allows gastric venting of swallowed air and most of the time is not perceived as a symptom. This is called gastric belching. Supragastric belching occurs when swallowed air does not reach the stomach and returns by mouth a short time after swallowing...

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Main Authors: Ana Cristina Viana da SILVA, Lilian Rose Otoboni APRILE, Roberto Oliveira DANTAS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2015-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032015000300190&lng=en&tlng=en

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