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In vitro characterization of human salivary lubrication
A Aguirre1, B Mendoza, M J Levine
1Department of Oral Biology, State University of New York, Buffalo 14214.
Archives of Oral Biology
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
The friction coefficients for parotid and submandibular-sublingual salivas of 7 subjects were measured. At the load and speeds used, the lubricatory properties of the secretions followed the McKee-Petroff's curve. The friction coefficients for both secretions approximated those reported for boundary and thin film lubrication.