Salivary flow rates, per se, may not serve as consistent predictors for dental caries

Copyright © 2013 Cynthia P. Trajtenberg et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Background: This clinical study evaluated the effects of salivary flow rate, age, race, health status and me-dications on the incidence of caries. Methods: Cauca-sian and African-American men and women (n = 501), aged 22- 93 years participated in the study. Stimu