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metadata.dc.type: | Artigo de Periódico |
Title: | Use of graduated syringes for measuring salivary flow rate: a pilot study |
Other Titles: | Brazilian Dental Journal |
Authors: | Alves, Crésio de Aragão Dantas Brandão, Márcia Maria dos Anjos Andion, Juliana Menezes, Rafaela |
metadata.dc.creator: | Alves, Crésio de Aragão Dantas Brandão, Márcia Maria dos Anjos Andion, Juliana Menezes, Rafaela |
Abstract: | The evaluation of the salivary flow rate is important in several situations of dental practice. However, weighing the collected salivary volume it is not a practical method in public health services. This work evaluated the use of hypodermic graduated syringes as a simpler alternative method to measure the salivary flow rate. Saliva samples were obtained from 50 individuals (31 females and 19 males) aged 8 to 32 years (mean age: 12.4 years), recruited at the outpatient dental clinics of two public health centers. After collection, the saliva was weighed in a graduated scale and the results compared with the volume obtained through its measurement, in mL, in graduated hypodermic syringes. There was a positive and significant relationship between the two methods of measuring salivary flow rates as demonstrated by the Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r = 0.996, with p<0.05). Measurement of the salivary flow rate using graduated syringes demonstrated to be a reliable method, with lower cost and more practical than the traditional method of salivary weighing. |
Keywords: | Saliva Oral health Sialometry Public health |
Publisher: | Fundação Odontológica de Ribeirão Preto |
URI: | http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/6751 |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
Appears in Collections: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico (Faculdade de Medicina) |
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