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  • Title: A new assessment in vitro of human salivary lubrication using a compliant substrate.
    Author: Gans RF, Watson GE, Tabak LA.
    Journal: Arch Oral Biol; 1990; 35(7):487-92. PubMed ID: 2222251.
    Abstract:
    The lubrication effect of salivary secretions was assessed in terms of separating a rigid object from a compliant substrate. There was little difference among the various secretions of a single donor. The viscosity of salivas increased as a function of time. Neither the friction testing nor viscometry provided an adequate model of the tissue-coating function ascribed to saliva.
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