Evaluation of physio-chemical properties of saliva and comparison of its relation with dental caries
| Autor: | Dashmesh Thakur, Deepak P Bhayya, Subha Dogra, Ruchi Arora, Deepesh Singh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Saliva
biology Streptococcus business.industry Colony Count Microbial Dentistry Dental Caries medicine.disease_cause Salivary flow rate biology.organism_classification Streptococcus mutans lcsh:RK1-715 stomatognathic diseases stomatognathic system lcsh:Dentistry medicine Colony count Humans business Child General Dentistry |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Vol 31, Iss 4, Pp 221-224 (2013) |
| ISSN: | 1998-3905 |
| Popis: | Objective: Objective was to evaluate the relationship between physio-chemical properties of saliva such as flow rate, buffering capacity, pH, Streptococcus mutans in saliva and its relationship with dental caries. Study design: Eighty children were evaluated for physio-chemical properties of saliva, out which 40 were caries-active (group 1) and 40 caries-free (control group). Caries status of each child was scored by using DMFS and dfs indices to get a combined DMFS and dfs score. The physio-chemical properties were evaluated using Saliva Check (GC Asia Dental Pte Ltd- India) and streptococcus mutans using Dentocult SM Strip Mutans. Result: Flow rate, pH, and buffering capacity of saliva in caries-active children were decreased but not statistically significant. The Streptococcus mutant count of saliva was increased significantly in caries-active children. Conclusion: The physio-chemical properties of saliva like pH, buffering capacity, salivary flow rate, concentration of various components like proteins, calcium and antioxidant defense system play a major role in the development of caries. Hence, more clinical and laboratory studies are needed to determine the exact relationship between these physio-chemical properties of saliva and dental caries. |
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