Saliva and its value as a diagnostic material

In recent years, because of huge advances in medicine and technological progress, coupled with the application increasingly accurate diagnostic tests, use saliva for medical purposes has become important. Saliva is a natural digestive secretion major minor salivary glands that ensures, among other things, proper functioning occlusion system. Other functions include protection dental surfaces from various external influences, involvement formation food bolus acts swallowing, digestion, speech. The composition varied. addition to water, which found far greater quantities than any substance, it also contains substances are present blood. Their determination often great potential early detection both oral systemic diseases. diagnosis selected diseases using becoming subject growing number scientific studies. this paper, authors have focused on providing reader basic information about physiology presenting possibilities its