The Salivary Amylase Activity of Carious and Noncarious Individuals

Human salivary amylase secretion in relation to diet

“…It was found that the concentration of salivary amylase in the same individual, whilst on the same diet, did not vary significantly over a period of months, thus confirming the findings of Hess & Smith (1948). A typical example from each group is given in Table 2.…”

Analysis of Salivary Proteome in Patients with Dental Caries employing Electrophoresis and Mass Spectrometry

“…Amylase levels and incidence of dental caries have been studied by several authors. Bergeim and Barnfield, 18 Hess and Smith, 19 Sullivan and Storvick 20 reported lack of correlation between dental caries and salivary amylase. They used techniques, such as starch hydrolysis in their experiments.…”

The Utilization of Cereals in Various Stages of Refinement by an Oral Strain of Lactobacillus Acidophilus

“…In contrast, Volker and Pinkerton (1947) found no essential difference in the quantities of acid formed in starch-saliva and in glucose-saliva mixtures when unstimulated saliva from caries-active patients was incubated with various carbohydrate solutions at 370 C. Stephan (1948) reported that the ability of selected oral acidogenic microorganisms to utilize soluble starch in a chemically defined artificial medium is dependent upon the type of carbohydrate and upon the presence of a salivary or bacterial amylase. Clinically, however, there does not appear to be any significant difference between the salivary amylase activity of "caries-active" and "caries-immune " persons (Hess and Smith, 1948).…”