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

Table 2

Salivary flow rate and pH differences before and 6 min after the start of different flavored chewing gums.

Group	Before mean (SD)	After 6-minute mean (SD)	Differences (95% CI)	P value
	Salivary pH
Cinnamon	6.20 (0.53)	7.40 (0.34)	1.20 (0.89, 1.51)	0.001
Spearmint	6.40 (0.47)	7.53 (0.40)	1.13 (0.94, 1.33)	0.001
Strawberry	6.17 (0.67)	6.30 (1.15)	0.13 (−0.63, 0.90)	0.710
Watermelon	6.17 (0.56)	6.50 (1.11)	0.33 (−0.36, 1.02)	0.319
Apple	6.23 (0.70)	6.27 (1.13)	0.04 (−0.47, 0.54)	0.890
	Salivary flow rate
Cinnamon	0.79 (0.33)	3.76 (1.51)	3.01 (2.17, 3.74)	0.001
Spearmint	0.85 (0.35)	4.03 (1.00)	3.18 (2.65, 3.70)	0.001
Strawberry	0.78 (0.46)	3.36 (1.10)	2.58 (1.95, 3.21)	0.001
Watermelon	0.88 (0.39)	3.63 (0.81)	2.75 (2.24, 3.26)	0.001
Apple	0.71 (0.33)	3.78 (1.01)	3.07 (2.61, 3.53)	0.001