The effects of ethanol on salivary glands

TY - CHAP

T1 - The effects of ethanol on salivary glands

AU - Proctor, Gordon B.

AU - Shori, Deepak K.

PY - 2017/1/1

Y1 - 2017/1/1

N2 - Salivas are secreted into the mouth by three pairs of major salivary glands and many minor glands and contain mixtures of ions, proteins, and glycoproteins which are necessary for maintaining oral homeostasis, exerting many effects on hard and soft tissues. Salivas must influence oral disease processes such as those which have been shown clearly to be associated with chronic ethanol consumption, although the mechanisms of such influences are ill-defined. Likewise, it is not clear if a causative relationship exists between ethanol-induced changes in salivary gland secretion and ethanol-associated oral disease.

AB - Salivas are secreted into the mouth by three pairs of major salivary glands and many minor glands and contain mixtures of ions, proteins, and glycoproteins which are necessary for maintaining oral homeostasis, exerting many effects on hard and soft tissues. Salivas must influence oral disease processes such as those which have been shown clearly to be associated with chronic ethanol consumption, although the mechanisms of such influences are ill-defined. Likewise, it is not clear if a causative relationship exists between ethanol-induced changes in salivary gland secretion and ethanol-associated oral disease.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85053530966&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.4324/9781315149844

DO - 10.4324/9781315149844

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85053530966

SN - 9781138505605

SP - 111

EP - 122

BT - Alcohol and the Gastrointestinal Tract

A2 - Preedy, Victor

PB - CRC Press

ER -