Open AccessAssociation of salivary calcium, phosphate, pH and flow rate on oral health: A study on 90 subjects
Author(s) -
Mohamed Fiyaz,
Amitha Ramesh,
Karthikeyan Ramalingam,
Biju Thomas,
Sucheta Shetty,
Prashanth Prakash
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of indian society of periodontology (print)/journal of indian society of periodontology (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 0975-1580
pISSN - 0972-124X
DOI - 10.4103/0972-124x.118316
Subject(s) - saliva , medicine , dentistry , oral hygiene , periodontitis , calcium , phosphate , oral health , chemistry , organic chemistry
This study was designed to compare inorganic salivary calcium, phosphate, flow rate and pH of un-stimulated saliva and oral hygiene of healthy subjects, patients with periodontitis and dental caries and to correlate salivary calcium level with the number of intact teeth.