. 2013 Jun 18;14:13. doi: 10.1186/2196-1042-14-13

Table 1.

Data for salivary unstimulated flow rate (UFR), resting pH, saliva whole flow rate (SWFR) and buffer capacity before (T0; baseline assessment) and 1 year after placement of fixed orthodontic appliances (T1; half-treatment assessment)

		UFR (s)		pH		SWFR (ml/min)		Buffer capacity
n = 20	Time points	T0	T1	T0	T1	T0	T1	T0	T1
n = 20	Median	37.0	37.5	6.8	6.9	1.4	1.4	7.4 (2.04)^a	7.15 (2.23)^a
	Interquartile range	17.5	39.25	1	1.15	0.83	0.93	8^b	9^b

^aMean (standard deviation); ^brange.