Using a frayed toothbrush can cause receding gums. Receding gums expose tooth roots to the air, causing pain and potential tooth loss if the cause of the condition isnât identified and treated. The condition is particularly common in people over age 40, according to the California Dental Association.
Therefore, to correct for an albumin level of less than 4 g/dL, one should add 0.8 to the measured value of calcium for each 1-g/dL decrease in albumin. Without this correction, an abnormally high serum calcium level may appear to be normal.
The effect of pH on binding of calcium to serum. albumin (subsequently called albumin) is of both. clinical and chemical interest. Some reports have. shown increased binding with rising pH (2,3,7,9, 15, 16), while others, including recent studies in. the near physiological pH range, could find no. effect (6,8, 14,24).