ReviewCureus2024
Evidence-Based Practice for the Use of pH Indicator Paper Strip in Oral Medicine: A Literature Review.
Review in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Salivary pH within multifactorial caries risk assessment in children: observational clinical evidence using the Cariogram platform.Frontiers in oral health · 2026Article
- Variation of Salivary pH After Sweet and Oat Biscuit Intake-A Crossover Randomized Controlled Trial.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Oral Health in Hospitalized Children: A Cross Sectional Study.Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric DentistryArticle
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6 authors.
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Abstract
The objective of our article is to review the literature and collect the advice of specialists for the evaluation of the reliabilityand appropriate indications of the use of pH paper in oral medicine practice. The literature pertaining to the use of pH paper in oral medicine practice was reviewed, and appropriate indications were suggested by a French multidisciplinary working group of specialists and validated by a lecture committee. By screening PubMed/MEDLINE from 1911 to March 2024, we found 621 articles. All abstracts were read, 22 articles were selected for full-text reading, and 12 were ultimately included in the review. Three more articles from other sources were included. Thus, 15 articles constituted the literature review; seven papers from PubMed/MEDLINE focusing on how to restore the salivary pH balance in cases of periodontitis and early childhood caries (ECC) completed the review. It is concluded that the lack of sensitivity of pH paper must be underlined. A low pH is a cofactor leading to oral pathologies, and the use of pH paper constitutes an easy diagnostic instrument in patients with pH variations correlated to leukemia, diabetic mellitus, or orofacial radiotherapy. The evaluation of salivary pH using pH paper may be used as a quick chairside test, specifically in cases of ECC and uncontrolled severe periodontitis. Early diagnosis of salivary low pH range in children as well as periodontitis with deep pocket associated with a low pH range in adults should lead to the supply of fluoride and prescript sodium bicarbonate-containing dentifrices, respectively. In children, the use of a chewable toothbrush may help reduce plaque and elevate salivary pH.
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