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VOL. 6, ISSUE 2 (2020)
An all inclusive evaluation of salivary flow and PH as affected by orthodontic treatment in younger patients: An original research study
Authors
Mohd Faisal, Devangana Das, Ajay Kumar Gupta, Anuj Satija
Abstract
Background and Aim: Orthodontic treatment using fixed appliances is well known to change the oral atmosphere and promote plaque retention around orthodontic brackets and bands, resulting in enamel demineralization and gingival inflammation. The sole endeavor of this paper was to evaluate salivary flow rate and ph as affected by orthodontic treatment in younger patients. Materials and Methods: Authors logically selected 30 young patients of age range 16-26 years undergoing fixed orthodontic treatment in last two years. The whole saliva was collected by spitting into a sterile test tube for 10 minutes. The volume of the saliva collected during this period was measured and divided by 10 to attain the flow rate in millimeters /minute. The pH of saliva was measured with portable pH meter strips. All these volumetric, flow-metric and ph related armamentarium related to salivary flow rate and pH was available to authors via GC saliva check buffer kit. The recorded data was subjected to suitable statistical tests to obtain p values, mean and other statistical parameters. P values less than 0.05 was considered as significant. Statistical Analysis and Results: Basic statistical analysis was completed using SPSS statistical package for the Social Sciences version 21 for Windows. Out of the total sample size of 30 patients who participated in the study, 15 were male while 15 were females. 7 patients belonged to the age group of 16-18 years, 8 patients were of 19-21 years of age, 8 patients were 22-24 years of age and 7 patients of 25-26 years of age. Fundamental statistical description [For Evaluation of salivary flow rate (mL/mim)] revealed mean value of 1.76 before orthodontic treatment and 2.13 after orthodontic treatment. P value was reported to be significant for it. Conclusion: Within the limitation of the study, author found increased salivary flow rate and decreased pH value of saliva after fixed orthodontic therapies in the studied patients.
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Pages:65-68
How to cite this article:
Mohd Faisal, Devangana Das, Ajay Kumar Gupta, Anuj Satija "An all inclusive evaluation of salivary flow and PH as affected by orthodontic treatment in younger patients: An original research study". International Journal of Medical and Health Research, Vol 6, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 65-68
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