04/05/2026
Bactérias da placa usam açúcares da dieta e produzem ácidos que desmineralizam o esmalte. A saliva protege: lava os ácidos, neutraliza o pH e devolve cálcio e fosfato para remineralizar os dentes 🦷✨
REFERÊNCIAS
1. Relationship between salivary proteins and dental caries
2. The role of saliva in maintaining oral health and preventing dental caries (International Journal of Oral Science – Nature)
3. Intra-oral Hydrogen-Ion Concentrations Associated with Dental Caries Activity — Stephan RM (1944)
4. The Continuum of Dental Caries—Evidence for a Dynamic Disease Process — Featherstone JDB (Journal of Dental Research)
5. Dental caries: a dynamic disease process — Featherstone JDB (Australian Dental Journal)