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.
In the process of colonization of Brazil, the TupinambÃ¡ language, the most widely spoken along the coast, was adopted by many colonists and missionaries, taught to Indians grouped in the missions and recognized as LÃ­ngua Geral. Today, many words of Tupi origin are part of the vocabulary of Brazilians.