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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, Baddeley, Bakan, Baker, Bond, Fang, Houcan, Johnson, Johnson, Johnson, Johnson, Jones, Kozlov, Mackworth, Miles, Miles, Momose, Onozuka, Onyper, Parmentier, Scholey, Sesay, Sketchley-Kaye, Smith, Smith, Smith, Stephens, Tucha, Wilkinson   +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, Powell, Kitty, Rapley, Ellie   +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, Mohamad Reza Zarei, Neda Yazdani-Anaraki, Sahar Mafi   +3 more
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Xylitol-Containing Chewing Gum Reduces Cariogenic and Periodontopathic Bacteria in Dental Plaque—Microbiome Investigation

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, Eisner Salamanca, I-Wen Chen, Jo-Ning Su, Yu-Che Chen, Sin Yu Wang, Ying-Sui Sun, Nai-Chia Teng, Nai-Chia Teng, Wei-Jen Chang, Wei-Jen Chang   +10 more
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Xerostomia after Radiotherapy for Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer:Increasing Salivary Flow with Tasteless Sugar-free Chewing Gum [PDF]

, 2016
INTRODUCTION: Radiation-induced xerostomia is a frequent late side effect after treatment for oral and oropharyngeal cancers. This may induce swallowing difficulties, compromised oral well-being, reduced nutrition intake, or speech deficiencies ...
Eriksen, Jesper Grau, Killerup Kaae, Julie, Stenfeldt, Lone   +2 more
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Effect of casein phosphopeptide - amorphous calcium phosphate containing chewing gum on salivary concentration of calcium and phosphorus: An in-vivo study

Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, 2012
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, P Jethmalani, K K Shashibhushan, V V Subba Reddy   +3 more
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Chewing gum alleviates negative mood and reduces cortisol during acute laboratory psychological stress [PDF]

, 2009
The notion that chewing gum may relieve stress was investigated in a controlled setting. A multi-tasking framework which reliably evokes stress and also includes performance measures was used to induce acute stress in the laboratory.
Scholey, Andrew, Haskell, Crystal, Robertson, Bernadette, Kennedy, David, Milne, Anthea, Wetherell, Mark   +5 more
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In situ effect of CPP-ACP chewing gum upon erosive enamel loss

Journal of Applied Oral Science
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, Gabriela Cristina de OLIVEIRA, Ana Carolina MAGALHÃES, Marília Afonso Rabelo BUZALAF, Maria Aparecida de Andrade Moreira MACHADO, Heitor Marques HONÓRIO, Daniela RIOS   +6 more
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The Effectiveness Chewing gum versus Cryotherapy on Salivary Volume among Patient with Head and Neck Cancer undergoing Radiotherapy

Jurnal Ners, 2020
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, I Ketut Sudiana, Ninuk Dian Kurniawati   +2 more
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Sugar-free chewing gum and dental caries : a systematic review [PDF]

, 2007
OBJECTIVE: To appraise existing evidence for a therapeutic / anti-cariogenic effect of sugar-free chewing gum for patients. METHOD: 9 English and 2 Portuguese databases were searched using English and Portuguese keywords.
Bezerra, Ana Cristina, Cruvinel, Vanessa Resende Nogueira, Leal, Soraya Coelho, Mickenautsch, Steffen, Yengopal, Veerasamy   +4 more
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