Open AccessCorrelation of alkaline phosphatase activity to clinical parameters of inflammation in smokers suffering from chronic periodontitis
Author(s) -
Vishakha Grover,
Ranjan Malhotra,
Anoop Kapoor,
Rupika Bither,
Shivani Sachdeva
Publication year - 2016
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.183099
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic periodontitis , periodontitis , alkaline phosphatase , bleeding on probing , dentistry , gastroenterology , clinical significance , wilcoxon signed rank test , periodontal disease , mann–whitney u test , biochemistry , chemistry , enzyme
Current clinical periodontal diagnostic techniques emphasize the assessment of clinical and radiographic signs of periodontal diseases which can provide a measure of history of disease. Hence, new methodologies for early identification and determination of periodontal disease activity need to be explored which will eventually result in expedited treatment.