Healthy

Mouth
Campaign
Project

Members
Nichanan Suteeduangsamorn
Sirimon Thepchanakul
Pitiporn Prachayamongkol
Thanatcha Jantanapongpun

Introduction

The pH scale goes

from 1 to 14. The
lesser the more
acidic and if more
the number its the
most alkaline. The
pH of 7 is the most
neutral or most like
water.

A pH of 5.5 is an important pH level for

teeth as the teeth begin to dissolve or
demineralize at a pH in the mouth below
5.5. At a pH above 5.5, the teeth begin to
remineralize.

Our mouth pH is about 7.4. The pH will

be decreasing to 6 or 6.5 after eating
sweet or a meal, the bacteria will work
in fermentation, decreasing the level of
the pH.

The acid from bacteria causes the pH

level in the mouth to lower. This causes
the teeth to soften, which in turn
reduces their resistance to abrasion.
Which the toothpaste is the base and
after brushing the teeth, it would raise
the pH level than only drinking a glass
of water.

In this campaign, we took a test of a pH

of saliva in our mouth. We took a test
before we take a snack, after that we
took a test every 5 minutes after we eat
and we separated into 2 groups, 1 group
brush their teeth and other drink some
water and again test the pH level.

Hypothesis

If the food we consumed contain more

sugar ,then the pH level of our saliva
would decrease more.

Line Graph

What cause Acidic Saliva

-Sjgren's syndrome is an autoimmune
disease that affects the glands that
produce moisture in the mouth.
-Chemotherapy side effects can cause
acidic saliva.
-Smoking decreases saliva production.
-Eating Acidic Foods
-Sugary foods

What is the outcome

- it can damage your teeth.
- you will have bad breath.
- change your teeth color,it will become
a yellow.
- destroy the outer layers of the teeth

How to treat acidic saliva pH

1. Eat less food that is highly acidic such
as meats, eggs and some daily
products and increase your intake of
alkaline food such as fruits and
vegetables.
2. Avoid food and drinks contain lots of
sugar.
3. Try not to eat very frequently because
our body will release the acid in our
mouth every time you eat.

Comparing 5 different foods

Raspberry (Highly Alkaline)
Quail eggs (Low Alkaline)
Maple syrup (Very Low Acid)
Cottage cheese (Moderately Acid)
Tabletop sweeteners (Highly Acid)

Conclusion

June, Kam, Gam and Namfon consumed

different type of food. As you saw in the
chart, you can see that Gam saliva pH
decrease very fast comparing to
others.Because the cookies she
consumed contain lots of sugar.

Conclusion

But we cant really tell if the results

support the hypothesis or else because
our group members just eaten the lunch
before doing the experiment which may
cause the result to not be so reliable.

References
-

http://carifree.com/patient/learn/protect
ive-factors/ph.html
-http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?
pid=s003472992006000100010&script=sci_arttext
&tlng=en
http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/yucky/spit.
html