Effects of Chewing Different Flavored Gums on Salivary Flow Rate and pH

Table 1

The changes in mean salivary flow rate (SFR) over 6 min after the start of one pellet of cinnamon-, strawberry-, spearmint-, watermelon, or apple-flavored chewing gum compared with unstimulated SFR. The mean (SD) of SFR before and 0-1, 1–3 and 3–6 min after the start of different flavored chewing gums is shown (also see Figure 1).

Gum-flavored	Mean (SD) Salivary flow rate				P value
	Unstimulated	0-1 minute	1–3 minute	3–6 minute
Cinnamon	0.79 (0.33)	3.46 (1.27)	3.17 (1.11)	3.76 (1.51)	0.001
Spearmint	0.85 (0.35)	3.63 (1.35)	3.63 (1.11)	4.03 (1.00)	0.001
Strawberry	0.78 (0.46)	4.66 (1.85)	4.38 (1.32)	3.36 (1.10)	0.001
Watermelon	0.88 (0.39)	4.29 (1.64)	3.62 (1.43)	3.63 (0.81)	0.001
Apple	0.71 (0.33)	4.35 (1.52)	4.34 (1.01)	3.78 (1.01)	0.001
Unstimulated	0.63 (0.37)	0.63 (0.37)	0.81 (0.35)	1.17 (0.55)	0.010