title: Relationship between total and ionized calcium concentrations in human whole saliva and dental plaque fluid.
abstract: Ionized and total calcium were determined with an ion-selective electrode in unstimulated whole saliva and in simultaneously collected plaque fluid. The mean ionic and total concentrations in saliva from 20 subjects were 0.53 and 1.03 mmol/l respectively, and in plaque fluid 0.64 and 1.20 mmol/l. The total calcium concentration in saliva was closely related to the total calcium concentration in plaque fluid (r = 0.95, p less than 0.001) as was the ionized calcium concentration in saliva to that of plaque fluid (r = 0.84, p less than 0.001).
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental and Public Health, Kanagawa Dental College, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lagerlöf
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis*; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000737:chemistry*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007477:Ions; D008297:Male; D008839:Microelectrodes; D008875:Middle Aged; D012463:Saliva / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D002118:Calcium