Saliva is the principal secretion of the mouth and contains enzymes that play an important role in digestion. Saliva also lubricates the mouth and upper digestive tract. Contact with saliva assures that food is softer and moister, and therefore, more...

Saliva is a clear fluid, without taste or odour, released from the salivary glands (the parotid, sublingual and submaxillary salivary glands—in the cheek near the ear, by the jaw and under the tongue respectively) in the MOUTH. It functions to...

Oral secretion comprised of water, mucus, proteins, salts, and enzymes. Its primary functions are to moisten the mouth, lubricate chewed food, and aid in...

Saliva is the watery and usually frothy substance produced in the mouths of humans and most other animals. Saliva is produced in and secreted from the salivary glands. Human saliva is 98% water, which carries electrolytes, mucus, antibacterial compounds...

No longer taken for granted, a simple swab can speak volumes about the general and oral health of your patients. Saliva is a remarkable substance with many functions. We generally think of it as something to facilitate the digestive process, cleanse the mouth,...

Spit's potential diagnostic value has funding agencies putting money where the mouth is | By Eugene Russo A trip to the doctor's office generally entails a deposit of blood or urine from which some diagnoses can be produced after a laborious process. Now,...

Saliva from a trash basket where an ex-convict spat contained DNA that matched skin cells from a T-shirt worn by a man accused of raping and torturing a Columbia University graduate student, prosecutors said.Assistant District Attorney Ann Prunty disclosed the DNA match in papers filed...

During a savage, 19-hour-long sexual assault on a Columbia University graduate student, the attacker put on one of the victim's T-shirts, according to prosecutors.DNA from skin cells on that shirt was later matched to a suspect's saliva, after he spat in a trash basket in...