Gustin, a salivary protein, appears to be necessary for the growth andmaturation of these buds. 1,4,13,18. 3 The Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice, Volume 9, No. 3, March 1, 2008 Buffer Capacity Saliva behaves as a buffer system to protect the mouth 8,19 as follows:1.
More than 150 languages and dialects are spoken by the Indigenous peoples in Brazil today. They are part of the near 7,000 languages spoken today in the world (SIL International, 2009). Before the arrival of the Portuguese, however, only in Brazil that number was probably close to 1,000.
Portuguese today is the fifth major language in the world. It is not only spoken by Brazilians and Portuguese but also by people from Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and Sao Tome and Principe, as well as the co-official language, along with Chinese, in Macau, and with Tetum in East Timor.