Research Article
Effect of Various Sugary Beverages on Salivary pH, Flow Rate, and Oral Clearance Rate amongst Adults
Table 1
Intrinsic pH and mean salivary pH at different intervals of time after consumption of different liquid food items.
| Food items | Intrinsic pH | Baseline | 0 min | 5 min | 10 min | 15 min |
| Pepsi | 2.04 | 7.18 ± 0.22 | 5.65 ± 0.28 | 6.21 ± 0.26 | 6.75 ± 0.16 | 7.2 ± 0.20 | Fruit drink | 3.89 | 7.05 ± 0.12 | 6.08 ± 0.09 | 6.4 ± 0.13 | 6.72 ± 0.17 | 7.08 ± 0.13 | Coffee | 6.85 | 7.05 ± 0.12 | 6.1 ± 0.09 | 6.55 ± 0.14 | 6.82 ± 0.13 | 7.08 ± 0.09 | Sweetened milk | 7.01 | 7.07 ± 0.130 | 6.71 ± 1.252 | 6.99 ± 0.393 | 7.12 ± 0.090 | |
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