GC Saliva-Check Buffer

An in-office test to evaluate quality of saliva

Understand your patient’s oral environment better with Saliva Check Buffer kit. This will help you in planning with your patient an appropriate treatment and prevention program. GC’s Saliva Check Buffer kit is divided into 5 different steps with the first 3 steps involving unstimulated saliva while the last 2 steps involve the stimulated saliva. As the functions and characteristics of these two forms of saliva are different, by evaluating both, the test results will become very useful diagnostic and powerful communication tools to the patients. 

Advantages

• Checks the flow rate, viscosity and consistency of non-stimulated saliva. This will provide information about how the patient’s lifestyle may be consequently affecting their oral health.
• Checks the pH of the patient’s resting saliva. This will determine whether acid levels may be dangerously high, hence possibly causing erosion or caries problems.
• Checks the quantity of stimulated saliva a patient can produce. This enables you to identify any major salivary gland diseases.
• Checks the buffering capacity (quality) of stimulated saliva. This will establish the effectiveness of the saliva in neutralizing acids in the mouth.

User Friendly
Testing can be carried out as part of a routine examination and the results explained to the patient as part of the discussion about prevention and treatment. Together, the dentist and patient will be able agree on a plan to bring the saliva back into balance.

Instructions for Use

MSDS

Leaflet

MI Booklet

Minimum Intervention

Test Mat

Test Result Form

Scientific References

mi.gceurope.com

www.mi21.net

www.midentistry.com