Klarinet Archive - Posting 000257.txt from 2000/02

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] mpc cleaning
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 21:41:33 -0500

From: "Shouryu Nohe" <jnohe@-----.edu>
d of the white crud (eewww) that builds up on the mpc?

> > It's calcium deposits, right?
>
> I dunno. Somehow I doubt it, unless humans secrete calcium in saliva, and
> that just doesn't make sense to me.

I'm sure there's a lot of things that don't make sense to us, but saliva is
supersaturated with supersaturated with calcium phosphate which is very
important for tooth maintenance.

(http://www.ncl.ac.uk/dental/oralbiol/oralenv/lectures/saliva/electrolytes.h
tm)

Mark C.

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