Salivary Parameters of Competitive Swimmers at Gas-Chlorinated Swimming-Pools

The dental literature suggests that pool water with a low pH can cause very rapid and extensive dental erosion (Centerwall et al., 1986 ; Dawes and Boroditsky, 2008 ; Geursten, 2000). [...]habitual swimming may be considered a contributory factor when diagnosing dental erosion in competitive swimmer...

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Published in:Journal of sports science & medicine 2013-03, Vol.12 (1), p.207-208
Main Authors: Bretz, Walter A, Carrilho, Marcela R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomedical materials
Chemical properties
Dentistry
Enamel
Epidemiology
Letter to Editor
Physiological aspects
Saliva
Salivary glands
secretions
Swimmers
Swimming
Swimming pools
Teeth
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Summary:The dental literature suggests that pool water with a low pH can cause very rapid and extensive dental erosion (Centerwall et al., 1986 ; Dawes and Boroditsky, 2008 ; Geursten, 2000). [...]habitual swimming may be considered a contributory factor when diagnosing dental erosion in competitive swimmers. Participants were asked to fill a semi- structured questionnaire concerning aspects of their diet, medicine intake, self-determined tooth color appearance and tooth-brushing habits and frequency. [...]a total of twenty-two athletes participated in this study. The present results show that competitive swimmers who swam at a gas-chlorinated swimming- pool experienced a significant alteration of their salivary parameters, such as salivary flow rate and concentration of Ca, P and F and, therefore are consistent with our initial hypothesis. [...]many of the athletes in this study reported being aware of their “yellow teeth” (loss of enamel) due to swimming.
ISSN:1303-2968
1303-2968