The Saliva

Saliva: reflection of the body.

Saliva has become an important resource for evaluating physiological and pathological conditions in humans. The use of saliva has many advantages, including the simple and non-invasive method of collection and its easy, low-cost storage. With the addition of modern techniques and chemical instrumentation equipment, there has been an increase in its use for laboratory investigations, applicable ...

The Saliva Test for Tapeworm

Erosion protection conferred by whole human saliva, dialysed saliva, and artificial saliva

During dental erosion, tooth minerals are dissolved, leading to a softening of the surface and consequently to irreversible surface loss. Components from human saliva form a pellicle on the tooth surface, providing some protection against erosion. To assess the effect of different components and compositions of saliva on the protective potential of the pellicle against enamel erosion, we prepar...

The passage of drugs into horse saliva and the suitability of saliva for pre-race testing.

Figure la shows how a saliva sample is taken at the racecourse by swabbing out the horse's mouth with a gauze pad held in forceps. This usually only produces 2 to 3ml of saliva. However, work at these laboratories has been facilitated by use of ponies with explanted parotid papillae. The papilla is the site of the opening of the parotid salivary duct on the inside of the cheek, and in each of t...

Saliva--the defender of the oral cavity.