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.
Traditionally written Portuguese in Brazil has been based on the language used in Portugal, with Portuguese writers being used as models. However, in recent years the trend has been moving away from this, and for embracing the more Brazilian elements of the language in the written as well as the spoken word.