Efficacy of Bicarbonate-containing Chewing Gum on the ...

Key ingredient of baking soda, NaHCO3, was used originally in toothpaste as an abrasive (Legier-Vargas 1995), but now it can be used to act as a base by neutralizing plaque acid (Dawes 1997). Chewing bicarbonate gum would be expected to increase salivary pH as bicarbonate ions leach out from the gum. After the onset of chewing bicarbonate gum ... ................
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