Open AccessEvaluation of total antioxidant level of saliva in modulation of caries occurrence and progression in children
Author(s) -
Naveen Reddy Banda,
Garima Singh,
Vandana Markam
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of the indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry/journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/0970-4388.186747
Subject(s) - saliva , mann–whitney u test , dentistry , medicine , statistical significance , statistical analysis , mathematics , statistics
Recent studies have implicated a direct relation between dental caries and salivary total antioxidant level (TAL), which can be suggested as an indicator (either harmful or protective) for susceptibility of individuals for dental caries.