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RUHS Journal of Health Sciences, 2023 Introduction: Dental caries is a multifactorial disease. Ingestion of various dietary sugars plays dominant role in the caries etiology. Clinical evidence shows that the use of sugar -free chewing gum does not lead to caries, presumably because the sugar
Sarika Garg, R K Pandey, Apurva Mishra
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Chewing gum benefits sustained attention in the absence of task degradation. [PDF]
, 2013 OBJECTIVES: The present study examined the effect of chewing gum on sustained attention and associated changes in subjective alertness. METHODS: In a within-participants design, 20 participants completed an extended version of the sustained attention ...
Allen AP +5 more
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Quantification and qualification of bacteria trapped in chewed gum. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Chewing of gum contributes to the maintenance of oral health. Many oral diseases, including caries and periodontal disease, are caused by bacteria. However, it is unknown whether chewing of gum can remove bacteria from the oral cavity.
Stefan W Wessel +6 more
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The effect of chewing gum on the impact, pain and breakages associated with fixed orthodontic appliances: a randomized clinical trial [PDF]
, 2012 To determine whether the use of chewing gum reduced the impact and pain of fixed orthodontic ...
Al-Bloushi, R.J. +2 more
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Indian Journal of Dental Research, 2018 Introduction: Dental caries is a multi-factorial, infectious disease, the prevention of which is based on multifaceted approaches. Chewing sugar-free gum has potential beneficial effects on dental health.
Eby Aluckal, Anil V Ankola
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Chewing gum and context-dependent memory: The independent roles of chewing gum and mint flavour [PDF]
, 2008 Two experiments independently investigated the basis of the chewing-gum induced context-dependent memory effect (Baker et al, 2004). At learning and/or recall participants either chewed flavourless gum (Experiment 1) or received mint-flavoured strips ...
Andrew J. Johnson +17 more
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Chewing gum moderates the vigilance decrement. [PDF]
, 2014 We examine the impact of chewing gum on a Bakan-type vigilance task that requires the continual updating of short-term order memory. Forty participants completed a 30-min auditory Bakan-task either with, or without, the requirement to chew gum.
Allen +28 more
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Want to block earworms from conscious awareness? B(u)y gum! [PDF]
, 2015 Three experiments examine the role of articulatory motor planning in experiencing an involuntary musical recollection (an “earworm”). Experiment 1 shows that interfering with articulatory motor programming by chewing gum reduces both the number of ...
Beaman, C. Philip +2 more
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Comparison of the effect of chewing mastic and spearmint sugar-free chewing gum on salivary flow rate and pH [PDF]
Journal of Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology, 2019 BACKGROUND AND AIM: Hyposalivation can cause many difficulties for patients like opportunistic infections such as candidiasis, mouth sores, and dysphagia as well as reduced quality of life (QOL).
Goli Chamani +3 more
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 BackgroundDental caries and periodontal disease remain the most prevalent oral health problems in the world. Chewing xylitol gum may help reduce the risk of caries and periodontitis for dental health benefits.
Yi-Fan Wu +10 more
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