Saliva-Check Buffer Kit
Test for Saliva Quality, pH and Buffering Capacity

Saliva testing is an examination tool that you can use to educate the patient, assist in preventive treatment planning and use to initiate changes in the patient’s oral hygiene.

Saliva plays a significant role in maintaining oral health. It is the body’s natural caries defense. Understanding patients’ saliva characteristics can give the dentist valuable information to determine treatment choices and strategies.

• Identify, Measure and Assess Patient’s Possible Caries Risk based on Saliva Condition
• Tests Hydration, Salivary Consistency, Resting Saliva pH, Stimulated Saliva Flow, Stimulated Saliva pH and Saliva Buffering Capacity
• Tool for Developing Preventive Care Strategies and Selecting Dental Materials for the Dental Patient
• Saliva-Check Buffer Kit is ideal for use during routine oral examinations

There are 20 Saliva-Check Buffer Patient kits (shown above) per box. The complete Saliva-Check procedure takes less than 10 minutes per patient.

		Saliva protects teeth by: Neutralizing acid challenges; flushing food and bacteria from the oral cavity; acting as a lubricant; forming pellicle on the tooth surface and delivering calcium, phosphate and fluoride to the tooth surface. Carbohydrates and acidic foods amplify mutans streptococcus in dental plaque (particularly streptococcus mutans and streptococcus sobrinus) which are related to both the initiation and progression of dental caries. Once saliva problems are identified, the practitioner can recommend a course of preventive care which includes introducing supplements (like fluoride, CPP-ACP, chlorhexidine), lifestyle changes (increase water intake, decrease diuretic intake - caffeine, alcohol, etc.), increase saliva stimulation (chewing gum and low acid foods), altering oral hygiene regimen (increase brushing and cleaning, improve cleaning and flossing methods).
Saliva pH Test
Buffer Test
Buffering an Acid Challenge
High levels of mutans streptococci indicate an increased caries risk.

10 Minutes of Testing:
		1. Hydration
		2. Consistency
		3. Resting Saliva pH
		4. Stimulated Saliva Flow (5 minutes)
		5. Stimulated Saliva pH
		6. Buffering capacity

Features and Benefits:

Comprehensive Saliva Testing:

• Hydration testing measures salivary production.
• Salivary Consistency testing visually assesses the viscosity of unstimulated saliva.
• Resting Saliva pH testing measures the pH of unstimulated saliva.
• Stimulated Saliva Flow testing measures the quantity of saliva produced in 5 minutes while chewing an unflavored piece of wax.
• Stimulated Saliva pH testing measures the pH of saliva produced under masticatory stimulus.
• Saliva Buffering Capacity testing measures the ability of saliva to minimize an acid challenge.

Simple Test Procedures:

• Hydration testing measures salivary production.
• Salivary Consistency testing visually assesses the viscosity of unstimulated saliva.
• Resting Saliva pH testing measures the pH of unstimulated saliva.
• Stimulated Saliva Flow testing measures the quantity of saliva produced in 5 minutes while chewing an unflavored piece of wax.
• Stimulated Saliva pH testing measures the pH of saliva produced under masticatory stimulus.
• Saliva Buffering Capacity testing measures the ability of saliva to minimize an acid challenge.
• All 6 tests take less than 10 minutes total per patient.
• In most cases, tests can be performed by trained auxiliaries.
• Saliva-Check makes it easier to initiate change in patient hygiene.

Patient Test Packaging:

• Prevents possibility of cross contamination to assure accurate results.
• Easily works into the patients oral examination procedure.

Educational Tool for Patients:

• Helps patient strive for oral balance.
• Identifies saliva problems and assists in preventive treatment planning.
• Helps patient strive for oral balance and improve oral health by achieving an equilibrium between the demineralizing effect of bacteria and acids on tooth surfaces and the buffering and remineralizing benefits of saliva.

Demonstrates Salivary Dysfunction to Patient:

• Offers factual explanation for disfunctions such as difficulty in eating or swallowing, changes in taste, tooth sensitivity, soft tissue trauma and inadequate denture retention.
• Validate signs of patient salivary disfunction including frothy mucinous saliva, increased saliva viscosity, sublingual pooling, dry mucas strands, tongue coating, epithelial atrophy, poorly mineralized calculus or no calculus on lower anterior teeth, poor labial minor salivary gland production, candidal infection, cervical plaque, coronol and root surface caries, accelerated tooth wear and erosion, as well as cervical dentinal hypersensitivity.

Helps Find Factors Affecting Salivary Disfunction:

• Communication vehicle to identify contributing factors like dehydration, stress, smoking, disease, salivary gland pathology, chronic renal failure, drug abuse, menopausal hormone imbalance and medicine side effects.

Assists in Diagnosis and Preventive Treatment Design:

• Offer improved preventive treatment to your patients.
• Correct problems before damage occurs.
• Improves patient communication and motivation.
• Start a new profit center for the dental practice.