Proceeding
On the Possobility to Improve the Taste Acuity by Zinc Which is Used for the Dental Restorative Therapy
1988 Volume 5 Pages 31-36
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1988 Volume 5 Pages 31-36
It is considered that hypogeusia occurs from the deprivation of zinc contained in receptors existing in taste buds of tongue by various metabolic chelators. Needless to say, one of the reasons on the problem is the decrease of zinc intake as nutrient. The restorative therapy of teeth with zinc alloy will be to affect easily the acuity of taste on the zinc deficient patients. If zinc is used for the therapy, corrosive dissolution of zinc metal is supposed to occur at first.
Secondarily dissolution by galvanization due to a potential difference is supposed, On the study of metallic dissolution in intra-oral cavity one must consider the effect of-dl-lactic acid, the product by Lactobacillus acidophilus and further the effect of acidification of buffer substance, solium monohydrogen phosphate in saliva.
The dissolution of zinc metal into various mediums receive restrictive or promotive effect according to the nature of the produced salts, So the dissolution does not proceed to one side.
Therefor, zinc metal does not dissolve easily, but the possibility to improve the taste acuity by zinc yet remains.
