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Salivary pH and oral microbiota: influence on women 45 to 55 years old oral health

Abstract:

Our oral cavity has particular characteristics such as ecosystem and microbiota. This habitat of microorganisms is one of the most diverse of any microbial community associated with humans, and also fulfills certain functions in the biological and digestive processes of the host. Although many of these resident microorganisms provide benefits, under conditions of synergy and exacerbation, the predominance of some genera can influence the development of periodontal diseases. A quantitative, exploratory, descriptive and cross-sectional investigation was carried out in the Latacunga Health Center, Cotopaxi province, Ecuador, in women whose age ranged between 45 and 55 years. A negative linear relationship was established between age and salivary pH, that is, with increasing age the oral acidity of the patients increased. Similarly, salivary pH inversely influenced microbiotic availability, since in the more acidic oral cavities the detection rate was higher in 18/25 microorganisms. The proportions of conditions in oral health found in patients such as caries (96%), gingivitis (67%), halitosis (78%) and xerostomia (56%), indicate their non-exclusion and overlap, and pathologies may occur combined in the same patient, making it necessary to explore how the pH levels and oral microbiotic diversity found are interrelated, and in turn, how these nosologies could have similar determinants.