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.
Brazilian Portuguese vs European Portuguese. At the moment, the two main languages used in South America are Spanish and Portuguese. Brazil is the only country in the region that has Portuguese as the main language. It is more commonly known as Brazilian Portuguese, and is not to be mistaken with European Portuguese.