Open AccessDiagnostic Accuracy of Salivary aMMP-8 Test in Infertile Women and Blood Finding Analysis
Author(s) -
Lada Šumilin,
Larisa Musić,
Ivan Puhar,
Ivan Sabol,
Ivana Japirko,
Krunoslav Kuna,
Božana Lončar Brzak
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
acta stomatologica croatica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.391
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 1846-0410
pISSN - 0001-7019
DOI - 10.15644/asc56/2/1
Subject(s) - periodontitis , medicine , infertility , population , unexplained infertility , aggressive periodontitis , gynecology , dentistry , pregnancy , biology , genetics , environmental health
The literature reviewed in this paper suggests that infertile patients present worse periodontal status, which may be causative to conception complications. This study aimed to validate an aMMP-8 point-of-care mouth rinse test in the population of women with unexplained infertility and compare it to age-matched fertile women with and without periodontitis. Furthermore, blood sampled inflammatory parameters were analyzed and compared between the two groups. It was hypothesized that the infertile women would present worse periodontal status and a greater number of positive aMMP-8 tests than fertile women, and they would have increased inflammatory blood parameters.