A review of saliva: Normal composition, flow, and function

Saliva: its secretion, composition and functions

1992 • 555 citations

Role of salivary mucins in the protection of the oral cavity

1982 • 522 citations

The Functions of Saliva

1987 • 493 citations

Intra-Oral Hydrogen-Ion Concentrations Associated With Dental Caries Activity

1944 • 453 citations

The role of saliva in maintaining oral homeostasis

1989 • 436 citations

Clinical Criteria for the Diagnosis of Salivary Gland Hypofunction

1992 • 322 citations

How Much Saliva is Enough?

1991 • 274 citations

The Proper Role of Nerves in Salivary Secretion: A Review

1987 • 263 citations

Human glandular salivas: their separate collection and analysis

1996 • 244 citations

Structural Aspects of Salivary Glycoproteins

1987 • 231 citations

Host Defense Mechanisms at Mucosal Surfaces

1981 • 226 citations

Xerostomia. A neglected symptom

1987 • 219 citations

Interaction of a salivary mucin-secretory immunoglobulin A complex with mucosal pathogens

1991 • 195 citations

Human Salivary Mucin MG1 Selectively Forms Heterotypic Complexes with Amylase, Proline-rich Proteins, Statherin, and Histatins

1997 • 195 citations

SALIVA AND DENTAL CARIES

1999 • 182 citations

Salivary mucins in oral mucosal defense

1996 • 178 citations

Saliva and dental health. Clinical implications of saliva: report of a consensus meeting

1990 • 177 citations

Rhythms in salivary flow rate and composition.

1974 • 167 citations

A Mathematical Model of Salivary Clearance of Sugar from the Oral Cavity

1983 • 161 citations

Concise Review: Saliva and Growth Factors: The Fountain of Youth Resides in Us All

1995 • 158 citations

Antimicrobial function of human saliva - how important is it for oral health?

1998 • 157 citations

Composition of Pellicles Formed in vivo on Tooth Surfaces in Different Parts of the Dentition, and in vitro on Hydroxyapatite

1998 • 157 citations

Xerostomia

1987 • 147 citations

Comparison of Whole Saliva Flow Rates and Mucin Concentrations in Healthy Caucasian Young and Aged Adults

1992 • 145 citations

Masticatory lubrication. The role of carbohydrate in the lubricating property of a salivary glycoprotein-albumin complex

1985 • 141 citations

Caries-Protective Factors in Saliva

1994 • 140 citations

Saliva and dental caries.

1999 • 135 citations

The effect of different meal patterns upon plaque pH in human subjects

1975 • 126 citations

Does Variability in Salivary Protein Concentrations Influence Oral Microbial Ecology and Oral Health?

1995 • 123 citations

Structure And Function of Human Salivary Mucins

1990 • 115 citations

Salivary Diagnosis: Promises, Promises

1993 • 111 citations

Development of Artificial Salivas

1993 • 108 citations

Longitudinal Analysis of Parotid and Submandibular Salivary Flow Rates in Healthy, Different-Aged Adults

1995 • 93 citations

Sialochemistry: A Diagnostic Tool?

1993 • 93 citations

Age-related Changes in Mucins from Human Whole Saliva

1991 • 93 citations

The Distribution of Saliva and Sucrose Around the Mouth During the Use of Chewing Gum and the Implications for the Site-specificity of Caries and Calculus Deposition

1993 • 88 citations

Characterization of Lactoferrin Interaction with Streptococcus mutans

1987 • 82 citations

Salivary Macromolecules

1993 • 81 citations

The Role of Saliva in the Control of pH Changes in Human Dental Plaque

1976 • 69 citations

Saliva and dental health (1).

1984 • 68 citations

TOWARD MOLECULARLY BASED DIAGNOSTICS FOR THE ORAL CAVITY

1998 • 67 citations

Long‐term effect of xylitol chewing gum on dental caries

1989 • 66 citations

Characterization of Low-molecular-weight Peptides in Human Parotid Saliva

1995 • 65 citations

A Contemporary View of Salivary Research

1993 • 59 citations

Remineralizing potential, antiplaque and antigingivitis effects of xylitol and sorbitol sweetened chewing gum.

1992 • 59 citations

Untersuchungen zur Funktion des Speichels

1931 • 55 citations

Interactions of the Salivary and Gastrointestinal Systems

1991 • 48 citations

The influence of histatin-5 fragments on the mineralization of hydroxyapatite

1993 • 45 citations

Lysozyme-Protease-Inorganic Monovalent Anion Lysis of Oral Bacterial Strains in Buffers and Stimulated Whole Saliva

1987 • 43 citations

Interactions of the Salivary and Gastrointestinal Systems

1991 • 42 citations

Specificity of Utilization of Human Salivary Proteins for Growth by Oral Streptococci

1979 • 39 citations

Impact of saliva on dental caries.

1989 • 38 citations

Oral food clearance and the pH of plaque and saliva

1986 • 38 citations

Nonimmunologic Aspects of Caries Resistance

1976 • 36 citations

Rat sublingual gland as a model to study glandular mucous cell secretion

1991 • 32 citations

Clinical Implications of Recent Advances in Salivary Research

1995 • 16 citations

Regulation of Mucous Acinar Exocrine Secretion with Age

1996 • 15 citations