Unstimulated salivary flow rate, pH and buffer capacity of saliva in healthy volunteers

Fenoll-Palomares, C.; V. Muñoz-Montagud, J.; Sánchiz, Vicente; Herreros, B.; Hernández, Vicent; Mínguez, Miguel; Benages, A

doi:10.4321/s1130-01082004001100005

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Unstimulated salivary flow rate, pH and buffer capacity of saliva in healthy volunteers

Published in Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas • Nov 1, 2004

Authors:

C. Fenoll-Palomares

J. V. Muñoz-Montagud

Vicente Sánchiz

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To assess the salivary flow rate, pH, and buffer capacity of healthy volunteers, and their relationships with age, gender, obesity, smoking, and alcohol consumption, and to establish the lower-end value of normal salivary flow (oligosialia). METHODS: A prospective study was conducted in ...

Subject

Medicine

Bicarbonate

Saliva

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