title: Acidogenic Potential of Plain Milk, Milk with Sugar, Milk with Cornflakes and Milk Cornflakes with Sugar: A Comparative Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the acidogenic potential of plain milk, milk with sugar, milk with cornflakes, and milk cornflakes with sugar by assessing the salivary pH.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was carried out on 40 school children of 8 to 12 years; 20 boys and 20 girls were randomly selected. The salivary pH was assessed before and after the consumption of milk; milk and sugar; milk and cornflakes; and milk, sugar, and cornflakes. Baseline unstimulated saliva was collected in sterile plastic tube and the pH was recorded. The change in the salivary pH from the respective groups after consuming the test meal was recorded as follows: (1) after 5 minutes; (2) after 10 minutes; (3) after 15 minutes; (4) after 30 minutes; (5) 120 minutes. Statistical analysis was done using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 18.0 (SPSS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average baseline salivary pH among all the groups was 7.26. A fall in pH at 5 minutes was seen in all the four groups. However, at different time intervals 5, 10, 15, 30, and 120 minutes, the pH values between the groups showed a significant difference at p < 00.7, 0.005, 0.001, 0.010, and 0.028 respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The fall in pH in all the groups was not significant to a limit of critical pH. Milk when added with sugar and/or cornflakes as a meal did not pose a threat as there was not significant decrease in pH.
  Bhat SS, Hegde SK, Bhat VS, Ramya KM, Jodalli PS. Acidogenic Potential of Plain Milk, Milk with Sugar, Milk with Cornflakes, and Milk Cornflakes with Sugar: A Comparative Study. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2016;9(3):218-221.
authors.affiliation: Head, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry Yenepoya Dental College, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Sham S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Pedodontics, Yenepoya Dental College Mangaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Sundeep K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Hegde
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Yenepoya Dental College Mangaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Vidya S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, A.J Institute of Dental Science, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Ramya
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Yenepoya Dental College, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Praveen S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Jodalli
keywords: Cornflakes; Milk; Salivary pH; Sugar.