Evaluation of salivary tumor necrosis factor-alpha in patients with the chronic periodontitis: A case-control study
Author(s) -
Mahmoud Jahangirnezhad,
Hojatollah Yousefimanesh,
Robati Maryam,
GhafourianBoroujerdnia Mehri,
Taghipour Mohsen
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of indian society of periodontology
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.124490
Subject(s) - medicine , periodontitis , chronic periodontitis , saliva , context (archaeology) , tumor necrosis factor alpha , inflammation , biomarker , clinical attachment loss , gastroenterology , case control study , dentistry , proinflammatory cytokine , pathology , immunology , biology , chemistry , paleontology , biochemistry
Periodontitis is a chronic infectious disease that leads to inflammation of the tissues supporting the teeth, bone loss, attachment loss progressively. In chronic periodontitis for starting the host response and inflammatory reaction, the presence of the infectious agent is necessary.
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