Research Article

Effect of Various Sugary Beverages on Salivary pH, Flow Rate, and Oral Clearance Rate amongst Adults

Table 2

Mean salivary flow rate at different intervals of time after consumption of different liquid food items.

Food itemsBaseline0 min5 min10 min15 min

Pepsi1 ± 0.131.78 ± 0.161.53 ± 0.161.26 ± 0.181.02 ± 0.04
Fruit drink0.83 ± 0.151.88 ± 0.491.38 ± 0.281.15 ± 0.190.9 ± 0.17
Coffee0.8 ± 0.131.83 ± 0.491.53 ± 0.241.15 ± 0.230.93 ± 0.10
Sweetened milk1.23 ± 0.2372.22 ± 1.071.60 ± 0.4911.42 ± 0.305