Sucrose concentration and pH in liquid oral pediatric medicines of long-term use for children Concentración de sacarosa y pH en medicamentos líquidos pediátricos para uso a largo plazo por vía oral

OBJECTIVES: To determine the pH and sucrose concentrations (SC) of pediatric liquid drugs of long-term use by children in order to evaluate the potential risk for dental caries and dental erosion. METHODS: After assessing the pH, we analyzed 71 aqueous medicine samples for sucrose by the Lane-Eynon...

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Main Authors: Isabela Albuquerque Passos, Fábio Correia Sampaio, Cosme Rafael Martínez, Cláudia Helena Soares de Morais Freitas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2010-02-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892010000200007