Determination of Salivary pH in Patients With Recurrent Aphthous Ulceration (RAU) | ||
| Al-Rafidain Dental Journal | ||
| Article 24, Volume 10, Issue 2, September 2010, Pages 390-393 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.33899/rden.2010.9031 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Abbass F Al-Taee; Ahmed S Khudhur | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Aims: To determine salivary pH in patients with recurrent aphthous ulceration and in control normal subjects. Materials and Methods: A controlled clinical trial was performed on 60 subjects divided into 30 normal subjects and 30 patients with recurrent aphthous ulceration. The salivary pH was deter-mined using a chair-side pH meter. Results: Highly significant difference in pH level was observed between patients and control groups (t-value 5.420, p< 0.0001). There were no significant differences in pH levels between males and females in both patients and control groups. Conclusions: The pH of saliva in male patients with (RAU) was more toward acidic pH than normal male subjects. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Recurrent aphthous ulceration; saliva pH; saliva buffering system | ||
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