BACKGROUND There have been inconsistent conclusions regarding salivary abnormalities and their effect on oral health of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) patients. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the flow rate and selected biochemical parameters of unstimulated whole saliva in correlation to oral health in JIA children. METHODS Thirty-four JIA patients and 34 age- and sex-matched c...

1Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico 2Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico 3Department of Basic Sciences, University of Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico 4Department of Biochemistry And Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, ...

Resin-based dental restorative materials contain allergenic methacrylate monomers, which may be released into saliva after restorative treatment. Monomers from resin-based composite materials have been demonstrated in saliva in vitro; however, studies analyzing saliva after restorative therapy are scarce. The aim of this study was to quantify methacrylate monomers in saliva after treatment with...

OBJECTIVES Nitrosative stress plays an essential role in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease. The aim of this study is to analyze the gingival crevicular fluid and saliva nitrite and nitrate levels in periodontally healthy and diseased sites. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 60 individuals including, 20 chronic periodontitis and 20 gingivitis patients and 20 periodontally healthy controls ...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Treatment with salivary substitutes and stimulation of salivary flow by either mechanical or pharmacologic methods has side effects and only provides symptomatic relief but no long-lasting results. PURPOSE To assess the effectiveness of extraoral transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) as a mean of stimulating salivary function in healthy adult subjects; as w...

Introduction: Elderly individuals, with or without full dentures, have often been offered probiotics to aid digestion. An increase in saliva production due the use of is noted. Therefore, it was decided conduct this research determine effects on quantity and pH patients who are entirely denture-free after 60 days use. Aim: The goal study evaluate whether not probiotic supplementation causes an ...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the effect of dental amalgam and composite restorations on total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and calcium (Ca) ion concentration of unstimulated saliva. MATERIAL AND METHODS Forty-eight children aged 6-10 years selected and divided into three groups of sixteen (8 males, 8 females). In group A and B, samples consisted of two class II dental composite or amalgam restoration...

Staphylococcus aureus can be responsible for oral and dental healthcare-associated infections. Patients with high salivary S. aureus levels are potential sources of infection, because saliva is spread in the environment during dental therapy. This study assessed the salivary S. aureus carriage rate in 97 children (6-12 years) in good general health, attending a paedodontic department. Samples o...