Saliva

different ways. But first of all, when you're chewing gum, what you're doing is, when you're biting down on the gum you're stimulating your saliva glands to stimulate saliva. Saliva is something that's produced in our mouth naturally to help protect, cleanse and lubricate the teeth. So the more that you chew, the more saliva that you generate. And we know that the more saliva you generate,…

Although, it if blood is present in urine, saliva or semen it may detect the trace amounts. The Acid Phosphatase, PSA, and Christmas Tree tests are specific for analyzing semen and will not react to other blood or saliva, but may react with vaginal fluids. Finally, amylase enzymes are present only in saliva and the small intestine. The Amylose Azuretest, starch-iodine test, and Phadebus test will not react with other bodily…

them about the process of the study. After verbal and written consent was received from all patients, they were outfitted with the LifeShirt, an “electrophysiological measurement device” (see below). Once a 30-minute period had passed, an initial saliva sampling was taken from the volunteers. Then, each volunteer was taken into the TSST room,…

Eating is one of the most important daily activities. "Chew your food 30 times before swallowing it. "That is a phrase you may have heard many times during your childhood. However, it is likely that not so many people care about how well they chew their food. Actually, Japanese people in the Yayoi era are said to have chewed about 4, 000 times at one meal. Those in the Kamakura era around 2, 500 times and those before World War II 1, 400 times. Now, the average Japanese person only chews about…

credit in return. To protect the results of the experiment, subjects were told they would be participating in an experiment that examined taste sensitivity in males. Since their saliva would be taken for hormone analysis, subjects were asked not to eat, drink, smoke, or brush 1 hour before testing. After sitting 6-ml of saliva into a cup their testosterone levels were tested. That will be referred to as Time 1. The subjects were split into two groups, experiment subjects and control subjects.…

In order to have healthy teeth, you have to do more than brush your teeth at least twice a day and floss on a regular basis. You also need to make sure that you are providing your body with the nutrients it needs to keep your teeth health and strong. Here are three ways you can change your diet and improve your dental health at the same time. Increase Your Calcium Intake Your teeth and your gums are primarily composed of calcium. Since calcium is one of the primary components of your teeth…

was maintained throughout the experiments duration neither pigment or luminescence changed over the 41 minutes. According to a study by Eva-Lena et al, 2011 saliva, due its high amylase concentrations, has a near instantaneous reaction which is what was observed on the Phadebas paper strip and what was expected as we knew that it was saliva sample. The known negative sample didn’t cause a colour change at all throughout the experiment as is anticipated as there should have been no amylase to…

a feed breaking food into smaller particles. The incisor teeth cut and the molars grind. The food is mixed with saliva causing a breakdown of digestion of carbohydrates begins in the mouth, amylase is secreted and starts breaking down the carbs in the bread to form a bolus of food. This Bolus of food is pushed between the hard palate and the tongue mixing the bolus of food with saliva and pushing the bolus of food from the mouth into the esophagus, this is called swallowing. The bolus of food…

Review of Case Study The case study we chose to research relates to kidney disease, the increased incidence of caries and periodontal disease. This case study patient is a 49 year old Caucasian female. She is healthy with the exception of having polycystic kidney disease. For this condition the patient does not take medications or receive any type of dialysis treatments. This patient has several missing teeth, large restorations on all posterior teeth, crowns and root canals. Currently she…

normal diet. Diet affects the integrity of teeth; quantity, pH and composition of saliva; plaque pH. Sugars and other fermentable carbohydrates after being hydrolyzed with salivary amylase provide substrate f or the action of the oral bacteria , which in turn lower plaque and salivary pH. The resultant action is the beginning of teeth demineralization A dynamic and definite association exists between the consumption…