TY  - BOOK
AU  - Edgar,W.M.
AU  - Dawes,Colin
AU  - O'Mullane,D.M.
AU  - Edgar,W.M.
AU  - O'Mullane,D.M.
ED  - Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company.
TI  - Saliva and oral health
SN  - 9780956566836 (paperback) :
U1  - 617.601 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Duns Tew
PB  - Stephen Hancocks Limited
KW  - Mouth
KW  - Diseases
KW  - Teeth
KW  - Saliva
KW  - Dental care
N1  - "Wrigley Oral Healthcare Program"--Front cover; Previous edition: London: British Dental Association, 2004; Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface / Michael Edgar, Colin Dawes, Denis O'Mullane -- Saliva: functionality beyond oral health / Michael Dodds and Taichi Inui -- 1. Introduction: the anatomy and physiology of salivary glands / Helen Whelton -- 2. Mechanisms of salivary secretion / Peter M. Smith -- 3. Factors influencing salivary flow rate and composition / C. Dawes -- 4. Xerostomia and salivary gland hypofunction ; aetiology, diagnosis, clinical implications and management / Mahvash Navazesh -- 5. Salivary clearance and its effects on oral health / C. Dawes -- 6. Saliva and the control of plaque pH / Michael Edgar and Susan M Higham -- 7. Protective functions of saliva / Eva J. Helmerhorst -- 8. The role of saliva in mineral equilibria -- caries, erosion and calculus formation / Bob ten Cate
ER  -