title: The weak spots of saliva buffering tests.
abstract: Saliva buffering test is in need of improvements. This article illustrates the most commonly used saliva buffering capacity tests and its major problems. Starting with Ericsson and his laboratory buffer capacity test and all the way to Kitasako a lot of issues are to release. The aim of this paper is to put saliva buffering tests up to serious discussion.
authors.affiliation: Division of Preventive and Operative Dentistry, Endodontics, Pedodontics, and Minimally Invasive Dentistry, University Clinic for Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graz, Austria. barbara.buchgraber@medunigraz.at
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Buchgraber
authors.forename: Lumnije
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kqiku
authors.forename: Gilbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reibnegger
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Städtler
mesh_terms: D002021:Buffers; D003124:Colorimetry / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003813:Dentistry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D012463:Saliva / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002021:Buffers