Amount, pH, Buffer Effect, and Amylolytic Activity of Parotid Saliva between and Immediately Following Meals

¹ University of Alabama, School of Dentistry, Birmingham

The pH and buffer effect were found to be significantly higher in parotid saliva stimulated immediately after meals than in that produced by the same stimulus between the meals. A tendency toward an increased amount of saliva was found at meals, but with regard to amylolytic activity no clear-cut change was observed.