Salivary Ammonia and its Relation to Dental Caries

Anrep, G.V. The relation of the chorda tympani to the nitrogen metabolism of the submaxillary gland. J. Physiol., 54, 319, 1920-21.

Bendixen, H. Über Beziehungen zwischen Speichel- und Magensekretion, zugleich ein Beitrag zur Frage der Achylia gastrica. Zeit. klin. med., 120, 483, 1932.

Bibby, B.G. Neglected factors in the study of dental caries. J. Am. Den. Assoc., 22, 222, 1935.

Clark, Guy W. , AND Shell, John S. The influence of the diet upon the inorganic constituents of human saliva . Den. Cosmos, 69, 500, 1927; Ibid., 69, 605, 1927.

Dodds, E.C. An investigation into the aetiology of dental caries. V. The chemical composition of saliva. Brit. J. Exp. Path., 6, 266, 1925.

Frank, R. Über den Ammoniakgehalt des Speichels und sein Verhaltnis zur Zahnsteinbildung . Dtsch. Monats. Zahnheilk., 74, 567, 1929.

Folin, O. Non-protein nitrogen of blood in health and disease. Physiol. Rev., 2, 460, 1922.

Grove, C.T. , AND Grove, C.J. The biochemical aspects of dental caries. Den. Cosmos , 76, 1029, 1934; Chemical study of human saliva indicating that ammonia is an immunizing factor in dental caries, J. Am. Den. Assoc. , 22, 247, 1935.

Henderson, Y. Metabolism in the submaxillary gland during rest and activity. Am. J. Physiol. 3, 19, 1900.

Hench, P.C. , AND Aldrich Martha The concentration of urea in saliva. J. Am. Med. Assoc. , 79, 1409, 1922.

Hubbard, R.S. , Munford, S.A. , AND Tyner, J. The relationship between gastric secretion and the alkaline tide in urine . J. Biol. Chem., 101, 781, 1933.

Jones, M.R. , Larsen, N.P. , AND Pritchard, G.P. The relationship between bone and tooth development in infants. Am. J. Dis. Childr., 45, 789, 1933.

Koehne, Martha , AND Bunting, R.W. Biochemical and nutritional studies in the field of dentistry. Ann. Rev. Biochem., 3, 448, 1934.

Leroy, B.R. Colorimetric analysis of the saliva, with the clinical significance . N. Y. Med. J., 87, 448, 1908.

Morris, J.L. , AND Jersey, V. Chemical constituents of saliva as indices of glandular activity. J. Biol. Chem., 56, 31, 1923.

Maupetit, J. Sur la teneur de la salive en ammonique et en urie. Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol., 109, 874, 1932.

Pavlov, S.P. Beitrage zur Physiologie der Absonderung. Cent. f. Physiol. , 2,137, 1932.

Vladesco, R. Sur la presence de l'uree dans la salive; ses rapports avec l'uree sanguine . Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol., 99, 434, 1928.

Vladesco, R. , AND Popesco, M. R61e des glandes salivaires dans le maintien de la reserve alcaline . Ibid., 101, 306, 1929.

Wurster, C. Über die Bildung Salpetrigersaure und Salpetersaure im Speichel aus Wasserstoffsuperoxyd und Ammoniak. Ber. dtsch. chem. Ges. , 22, 1901, 1889 .