THE PH OF DENTAL PLAQUES IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE MOUTH BEFORE AND AFTER MEALS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE PH AND RATE OF FLOW OF RESTING SALIVA
THE PH OF DENTAL PLAQUES IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE MOUTH BEFORE AND AFTER MEALS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE PH AND RATE OF FLOW OF RESTING SALIVA
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DOI:
10.1016/0003-9969(64)90015-9
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发表时间:
1964-01-01
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3
通讯作者:
JENKINS, GN
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作者:
KLEINBERG, I;JENKINS, GN
Dental plaques located on eighteen different tooth surfaces evenly distributed throughout the mouths of eighty-five subjects were studied before and after ordinary meals to determine the relationship between their pH levels and (i) the time and type of meal previously eaten, (ii) the flow and pH of the resting saliva and (iii) the intra-oral location of a given plaque relative to the parotid and mandibular (submaxillary plus sublingual) salivary secretions. In the fasting state (i.e. pre-breakfast and at least 12 hr. after the last previous meal), meals containing extremely little or no carbohydrate had little effect, it any, on plaque pH levels. Meals with carbohydrate, however, lowered these levels from their fasting values in all areas studied, continuing to do so even at 3 1/2 hr. after meal-time. Fasting values were almost invariably higher than the pH of the saliva bathing them, with the labial surfaces of the maxillary anterior teeth showing the lowest levels while the approximal surfaces of the mandibular teeth showed the highest. When their pH minima were determined with white bread as carbohydrate source, plaques that had higher fasting pH values also showed higher minima. Subjects with plaques that had such higher levels also had faster resting salivary flow rates. The mandibular secretion seemed to be more important than that from the parotids in influencing regional plaque pH differences. Regional plaque pH levels showed a distribution pattern very similar to the patterns previously reported for the intra-oral incidence of caries and periodontal disease.