The pH Levels of different methamphetamine drug samples on the street market in Cape Town

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dc.contributor.authorGrobler, Sias Renier
dc.contributor.authorChikte, Usuf
dc.contributor.authorWestraat, Jaco
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-15T12:51:50Z
dc.date.available2013-03-15T12:51:50Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to determine the pH levels of 29 different samples of methamphetamine on the street market in Cape Town. The sample was dissolved in water and the pH of each sample determined. The pH levels varied from 3.02 to 7.03 with an average of 5.0. Seventy-two percent (21) of the samples had a pH level below the saliva “critical pH point of 5.6” and therefore should cause significant damage to enamel, especially in hyposalivation subjects without a saliva flow. However, about 26% of the samples had a pH level close to the neutral point and should cause minor damage to enamel. To lessen enamel damage, subjects should exercise good oral hygiene practice, rinse with a fluoride-containing mouth rinse, drink artificially sweetened drinks, and eat cheese. It is concluded that most of the methamphetamine samples have a low enough pH to cause direct damage to enamel especially in hyposalivation subjects.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGrobler, S.R., Chikte, U. & Westraar, J. (2011). The pH Levels of different methamphetamine drug samples on the street market in Cape Town. International Scholarly Research News Dentistry, 2011:1 - 4en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/560
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherHindawi Publishing Corporationen_US
dc.rights© 2011 Grobler, et al; licensee Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2011/974768
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectMethamphetamineen_US
dc.subjectDrug Samplesen_US
dc.titleThe pH Levels of different methamphetamine drug samples on the street market in Cape Townen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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