The effect of chewing gum on salivary pH and volume

• Autor(a) principal: Pickina, Robertha
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Korki Arrabal Garcia, Aline, Alves do Nascimento, Leonel, Gonçalves Nakaya, Thammy, Fahl Fonseca, Ligia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Advances in Nursing and Health
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/anh/article/view/44034
• topic: Saliva; Salivary Glands; Alkalinization; Chewing Gum; Menthol; Thirst.; Saliva; Glándulas Salivales; Goma de Mascar; Mentol; Alcalinización; Sed; Eliminação salivar; Goma de mascar; Mentol; Alcalinização; Acidificação; Cuidados de enfermagem.

Objective: to assess the hydrogenic potential and salivary volume before and after using menthol chewing gum in healthy volunteers. Method: this is a quantitative, quasi-experimental, pre-test and post-test study, carried out with 45 healthy volunteers between 18 and 60 years old. The saliva sample was collected in a non-stimulated manner, following the spitting method. Volunteers were asked to accumulate saliva in their mouths and spit it out into a millimeter flask, every minute, before and after receiving the menthol chewing gum, for ten minutes at each step. Results: in the first stage of collection, the mean hydrogenic potential was 7.06, increasing to 7.42 (p<0.001) after the second stage. Salivary volume increased from 5.95 mL to 23.13 mL (p<0.001). Conclusion: chewing gum after eight hours of fasting caused an increase in the hydrogenic potential and salivary volume. This increase in salivary volume has no clinical relevance for bronchoaspiration.