Open AccessImpact of nonsurgical periodontal therapy on total antioxidant capacity in chronic periodontitis patients
Author(s) -
Neha Bansal,
Narender Dev Gupta,
Afshan Bey,
Vivek Sharma,
Namita Gupta,
Himanshu Trivedi
Publication year - 2018
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/jisp.jisp_281_15
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic periodontitis , scaling and root planing , periodontitis , periodontium , oxidative stress , antioxidant , antioxidant capacity , dentistry , biomarker , gastroenterology , biochemistry , chemistry
The aim of this study was to determine the utility of plasma total antioxidant capacity (TAC) as marker of periodontal disease by estimating TAC of periodontally healthy and chronic periodontitis patients and the impact of scaling and root planning on total antioxidant status of periodontitis patients.