Open AccessEvaluation of salivary nitric oxide level in children with early childhood caries
Author(s) -
A R Senthil Eagappan,
V Arun Prasad Rao,
S. Sujatha,
D Senthil,
J Sathiyajeeva,
Gayathri Rajaraman
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
dental research journal.
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.334
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2008-0255
pISSN - 1735-3327
DOI - 10.4103/1735-3327.187882
Subject(s) - saliva , medicine , early childhood caries , nitric oxide , dentistry , oral cavity , incidence (geometry) , gastroenterology , oral health , physics , optics
Nitric oxide (NO), a highly reactive radical, participates in the nonspecific natural defense mechanism of the oral cavity. The present study was attempted to evaluate the salivary NO levels in 4-5 year-old children with early childhood caries (ECC). The objective of the present study was to assess the salivary NO concentration in children with different caries activity.