OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine whether patients with purging-type bulimia and/or non-bulimic patients, treated with serotonin reuptake inhibitor SI-5-HT (fluoxetine), have dental erosion and changes in selected buffer components of parotid saliva (bicarbonates, phosphates, urea), compared with the healthy population. METHODS A controlled clinical trial was designed for thre...

The study evaluated the effect of different acidic salivary pH values on monomer leaching and surface roughness conventional CAD/CAM processed (milled 3D-printed) denture base materials. High-performance liquid chromatography was used to determine quantity residual methyl methacrylate after 30 days immersion in saliva. (Ra) before incubation recorded using a non-contact optical profilometer. te...

Salivary pH is associated with esophageal acid reflux and neutralization of esophageal acid. In this study, we assessed the association between nocturnal decline of salivary pH and airway hyperresponsiveness. Salivary pH was serially assessed in 9 patients with mild asthma (7 men and 2 women; mean age 33.3 years; mean %predicted FEV(1.0) 89.4%) and 10 healthy volunteers (6 men and 4 women; mean...