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Adv Dent Res 8:229-238, July, 1994
© 1994 SAGE Publications

Caries-Protective Factors in Saliva

F. Lagerlöf

Department of Cariology School of Dentistry Karolinska Institutet Box 4064 S-141 04 Huddinge, Sweden

Saliva influences caries attack mainly by its rate of flow and by its content of fluoride. The salivary flow rate influences to a high degree the rate of oral and salivary clearance of bacterial substrates included in foods and snacks. This influence is site-dependent. The basal salivary fluoride concentration is low, about 1 µmol/L, independent of salivary flow rate, and not influenced by diurnal variation. After an exposure of the oral cavity to fluoride, the increased fluoride level is decreased by a process influenced mainly by the salivary flow rate and the volumes of saliva in the mouth before and after swallowing. Other less important caries-protective factors in saliva include its buffer ability, its content of calcium, inorganic phosphate, pH-increasing substances, and antimicrobial agents.

Advances in Dental Research, Vol. 8, No. 2, 229-238 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/08959374940080021601
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