Capillary Action Around Dental Structures
- 1 May 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Dental Research
- Vol. 52 (3), 544-550
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00220345730520032801
Abstract
The capillary action of saliva occurs in the crevices around and between teeth and around dental restorations. Marginal leakage and denture retention caused by a thin film of saliva are aspects of capillary phenomena. Liquids in capillaries isolated from a reservoir showed an increase in surface tension and lower vapor pressure. The strength of thin films of human saliva was independent of ambient pressure.Keywords
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