Abstract
The viscosity of the saliva contributes to the retention and stabilization of the denture base. Salivary proteins are thought to provide such viscosity.
High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was applied to analysis of salivary proteins and mixed, parotid and submandibular salivary samples were analyzed, and their constituent proteins were compared. HPLC was found to be useful for salivary protein analysis. It was also found that highly viscous mixed saliva and submandibular saliva were rich in acidic proteins containing a large amount of sugar.
