pH and galvanic

Professionals Only! Electrologist to Electrologist (pros only)
#1

I read a post at another site that reads,

“The galvanic current causes a change in the pH of the mouth, this is what causes the metalic taste, regardless of any metal fillings in the clients’ mouth.”

I am trying to understand more about the above quote.
What is the change in the mouth?

The pH of skin is about 5.5
the mouth is around 6 or 7
sodium hydroxide is about 14
hydrochloric acid is less than 7

I am wondering if the pH in the mouth becomes more acid or more alkaline
If the activity in the follicle becomes more alkaline
and the activity at the site of the ground becomes more acid
what happens in the mouth?

Have any of you heard about this or read this?
I asked the writer to indicate the source of the info. as I am not familiar with it.

I am almost temped to get litmus papers and do a test on the saliva.
Has this test been done?

Thank you.

#2

I do not know for sure, but we are producing lye (mainly sodium hydroxide) in the follicle, i.e., we are making the closest envrionment of the needle alkalic and balancing this the surrounding pole will become more acidic. So i would expect (mainly) hydrochloric acid to develop in the mouth.

What i cannot judge is if there might also a significant galvanic potential build up in the mouth. If that occured, the full chemical reaction, i.e. the separation of hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide might occur. Regarding the pH in the mouth: it should change locally but of course not in average in such a case.

#3

Hi beate,

I am also doing a bit of surmising.
I am still wondering if anyone has actually read about it in educational materials.

#4

I have not heard of this test having been done, but if you did it, the best time to do it would be in the morning, before breakfast, as that would have the mouth at its baseline ph, without any reactions with food or drink. Any up or down would be entirely a result of the procedure.

#5

Well the outcome would be interesting because finally, after decades of people asking, “Why metallic taste in mouth with galvanic…” they can finally get their answer. In any event, these days, I only use blend less than 5% of the time.

I am still awaiting the response from the AEA facebook page from the electrologist who posted because if someone else did the test and wrote about the results, I certainly do not want to do it.

#6

pH tape is cheap, and you can use the rest of it to test your personal alkalinity to assess your cancer risk when you are done.

Of course, even if we did this test, with the greatest of care, we would be told how our test is anecdotal, as we did not have the appropriate stars on our bellies, and the test was not done on the grounds of an elite controlled research facility. :wink:

…but knowledge longs to be free :grin:

#7

The metallic taste has less to do with pH than it does with the fact that charge is carried through water by ionic impurities (pure water is a very poor conductor).

Regardless of whether one has fillings, the saliva is rich with metal ions and many will also be bound to the teeth and especially to biofilms like plaque/tartar. When current passes through the saliva these may be released and ionized into solution causing the amount of free metal ions to be much higher than usual, thus the metallic taste.

This is why most professional pH meters, and especially those meant for testing water, test both pH and TDS/electrical conductivity… pure water will have low dissolved solids and thus low conductivity.