The effect of chewing gum′s flavor on salivary flow rate and pH

Background: Chewing sugar-free gums is a convenient way to increase salivary flow. Salivary flow increases in response to both gustatory (taste) and mechanical (chewing) stimuli, and chewing gum can provide both of these stimuli. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of five different flav...

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Main Authors: Maryam Karami-Nogourani, Raha Kowsari-Isfahan, Mozhgan Hosseini-Beheshti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Dental Research Journal
Subjects:
pH
Online Access:http://www.drjjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-3327;year=2011;volume=8;issue=5;spage=71;epage=75;aulast=Karami-Nogourani