The Saliva Check Buffer kit is an in-office test to evaluate quality of saliva providing a very useful diagnostic and powerful communication tool to patients.
Saliva Check Buffer kit is divided into 5 different steps, the first 3 steps involving unstimulated saliva while the last 2 steps involve the stimulated saliva.
As the functions and characteristics of these two forms of saliva are different, by evaluating both, the test results will become very useful diagnostic and powerful communication tools to the patients.
Indications
Saliva-Check Buffer is very useful to identify contributing factors like stress, smoking, disease, salivary gland pathology, chronical renal failure, drug abuse, menopausal hormone imbalance and medicine side effect. The results can be explained to the patient as part of the discussion about prevention and treatment.
Advantages
- Checks the flow rate, viscosity and consistency of non-stimulated saliva.
- Checks the pH of the patient’s resting saliva. This will determine whether acid levels may be dangerously high, hence possibly causing erosion or caries problems.
- Checks the quantity of stimulated saliva a patient can produce. This enables you to identify any major salivary gland diseases.
- Checks the buffering capacity (quality) of stimulated saliva.
Contents
- 20 x In vitro pH test strips
- 20 x Saliva dispensing cups
- 20 x Wax gum pieces for saliva stimulation
- 20 x Saliva dispensing pipettes
- 20 x Buffer test strips