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Gingival crevicular fluid lactoferrin levels in adult per iodontitis patients
Author(s) -
Tsai CC.,
Kao C. C.,
Chen C. C.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1998.tb00151.x
Subject(s) - lactoferrin , periodontitis , periodontium , medicine , dentistry , gingival and periodontal pocket , gastroenterology , chemistry , biochemistry
The present study was designed to determine in a cross‐sectional study whether there was any relationship between the levels of lactoferrin in gingival crevicular fluid and clinical periodontal parameters. Crevicular fluid was collected from individual sites using standardized filter paper strips (clinically healthy sites, N=23; periodontitis sites, n=66) and evaluated for lactoferrin by enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay. The data showed that: (1) the total amounts of lactoferrin were 0.003‐0.021 ng (30 second sample) (average 0.009±0.005 ng) in a clinically healthy periodontium group and 0.016‐3.847 ng (30 second sample) (average 0.575±0.069 ng) in adult periodontitis patients (statistically significantly higher in adult periodontitis patients); and (2) the total amounts of lactoferrin were significantly correlated with clinical parameters,