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Comparison of the effect of chewing mastic and spearmint sugar-free chewing gum on salivary flow rate and pH [PDF]
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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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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Oral health benefits of chewing gum [PDF]
In the last decades sugar-free chewing gum has developed in an oral healthcare product, next to the conventional products such as the toothbrush and mouthrinses.
Wessel, Stefan
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Validation of a purpose-built chewing gum and smartphone application to evaluate chewing efficiency [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: To validate a purpose-built two-coloured chewing gum (Hue-Check Gum® ), and to test the accuracy of a custom-built smartphone application for a colour-mixing ability test to assess chewing function.
Ramona Buser +12 more
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In situ effect of CPP-ACP chewing gum upon erosive enamel loss
Casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate (CPP-ACP) is able to increase salivary calcium and phosphate levels at an acidic pH. Previous studies demonstrated that a CPP-ACP chewing gum was able to enhance the re-hardening of erosion lesions, but ...
Catarina Ribeiro Barros de ALENCAR +6 more
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Aim: Caries clinical trials of sugar-free chewing gum have shown that the gum is noncariogenic and in fact has anticariogenic effect through the stimulation of saliva.
B P Santhosh +3 more
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Introduction: Hyposalivation is a common problem experienced by head and neck (H&N) cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy. Hyposalivation can cause negative effects on the physical aspects of making oral mucositis, pain during eating and talking as ...
Dwi Uswatun Sholikhah +2 more
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Background Gum chewing has been reported to enhance the intestinal function recovery after caesarean section, current perspectives and practice guidelines vary widely on the use of gum chewing, more studies on the role of gum chewing after caesarean ...
Zunjia Wen +4 more
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Although previous studies reported that chewing gum during the preoperative fasting has the benefits of alleviating anxiety and dry mouth, preoperative chewing gum has yet to be accepted as a standard practice due to conventional anesthetic custom.
Yu Jeong Bang +4 more
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