Abstract Material and Method Results References
Conclusions
REPRINT Vol: 6 -
Nº 1, 1994 Edizioni Universitarie Romane
Saliva Fertility Tester
G. GALATI*, E.TRAPANI,
M.YACOUB, M.R. TOCCACELI, G.M. GALATI, C. FIORELLI,
F. BANDIERA, A. PAOLILLO
III Clinica Ostetrica
e Ginecologica, Università degli Studi
di Roma "La Sapienza" (Direttore: Prof.
L. Marzetti) *Professore Associato - Titolare
insegnamento di Fisiopatologia della Riproduzione.
In 1945 Papanicolau first observed ferning (crystal
formation) in dried cervical fluid.
In 1969 Dr. Biel Cassals, a Spanish gynecologist
studied the crystallization of saliva. In his
presentation to the Barcelona Medical Board was
in regard to the relationship between hormonel
changes during the female menstrual cycle and
the crystallization of saliva, indicating that
the ferning saliva is virtually identical in appearance
to the arborization effect of cervical fluid.
In 1971 his findings were put into use with a
microscope developed by him intended to test for
ferning in saliva. The apparatus was put to experiment
for approximately 10 months on a group of 1000
women. The success rate was around 96.2%.These
women used the saliva test as a method to ascertain
when they were fertile.
A study conducted in 1991(M.Guida) at the Institute
of Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic in Napoli,Italy
achieved a positive result in 92% of the cases
studied, matching saliva ferning to the fertile
preovulatory and ovulatory period.
In 1992 a further study conducted in Milan, Italy
(M. Barbato, A. Pandolfi) and Naples Italy. (M.Guida)
This study used the PG/53 pocket microscope and
found the effectiveness of salivary ferning as
a diagnostic testing aid to natural family planning.
They concluded that there is a direct correlation
between salivary ferning and the fertile period.
2nd Department of Gynecology and obstetrics in
Brno Czechoslovakia studied 300 women from an
in vitro fertilization program who used a handheld
microscope device to track saliva ferning and
ovulation period. The outcome of the study determined
a definite Correlation between estrogen activity
and crystallization of saliva, classifying the
reliability as “very high level when combined
with the basil temperature method, a 99% reliability
rate was claimed.
In 1994 center of Serbia conducted a study “Determination
of Fertile and Infertile Days of the Menstrual
cycle of women by using the Saliva Crystallization
test”, and they found out that saliva ferning
is as effective as cervical mucus analysis and
ultra sonographic folliculometer.
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