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Clinical Study Conclusions (REPRINT Vol: 6 - No 1, 1994 Edizioni Universitarie Romane Saliva Fertility Tester)

Baby 2 A saliva microscope can be used to help determine the fertile period: the fertile cycle will be identified with a continuous use, cycle after cycle. The Tester can also allow, by repeating every month the tests, to obtain some significant indications about the monthly cycle behavior and the hormonal situation of the woman.

The tester can also be used to help avoid an undesired pregnancy: the comparison of the figures given in Tables 1 and 2 indicate the following: at the anamnesis 244 women were in the non-fertile period and we have noted a picture "Figure 1" type. In all 244 cases at the anamnesis 36 women were in the intermediate period; in all 36 cases of this group, we have noted a picture "Figure 2" type. In both cases we had a perfect coincidence between supposed fertile or infertile days of the cycle and tests executed with a saliva microscope. At the anamnesis 48 women were in the fertile period; in 40 of them we have noted a picture "Figure 3" type. Such difference is due to the fact that 4 of them had a meal one hour before testing, thus invalidating the result, and the other 4 may have not correctly performed the test. Therefore, even if we assume that all these 8 women were in fact fertile (very unlikely), the final result of such test is that ONLY 8 women out a panel of 328, i.e. less than 3%, resulted in false negative (in fact fertile) at the saliva testing.

We can conclude stating the following:

To our knowledge a saliva microscope can be significantly helpful in providing an additional aid to women wanting to identify their likely fertile period during the menstrual cycle.
The outcome is that its accuracy, in determining fertile moments of the monthly cycle, is close to 98%, higher than other contraceptive devices like condom, spyral, diaphragm, not to mention billings and ogino-knaus methods, placed at the lower end of this scale.
To prevent a pregnancy only the contraceptive pill has a higher rate (99%); at the same time everybody today is aware of bad secondary effects of the use of the pill. this tester is not invasive and there is no need of reagents or other evidence system.
Any woman can easily do the test. she can perform it anytime and anywhere.