Aguirre AAA, Vargas ASS

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ABSTRACT

The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between the level of pH salivary and the different levels of OHI, after the consumption of chocolate in adolescents between 12 to 13 years old. The prospective, longitudinal and comparative study; conducted in a population of 39 adolescents who were divided in 3 groups; adolescents with appropriate, acceptable and deficient Oral Hygiene, two measurements of pH salivary was done, one baseline and another after 5 minutes from eating a comercial chocolate, the results were: For the group with OHI appropriate the pH was of 7.39 ± 0.22 and after consumption was 7.08 ± 0.31 establishing a variation of -0.30 ±, 0.10. t= 11.04 p‹0,001 . In the group with OHI acceptable the basal pH was 7.30 ±, 0.16 and after its consumption 6.95 ±, 0.28 establishing a variation of -0.35±0.12 , t= 11.75 p‹0,001. In the group with the IHO deficient the pH initial was 7.22 ± 0.18 and after the consumption of chocolate was 6.74±0.16 establishing a variation of -0,49± 0.05; t= 38.10 p‹0,001. The conclution was that the pH salivary with the consumption of chocolate suffers a directly proportional decline to the level of oral hygiene without reaching critical levels for the demineralization of tooth enamel.