Salivary Antioxidants in Patients With Type 1 or 2 Diabetes and Inflammatory Periodontal Disease: A Case-Control Study
Articles > Article · 2009
Authors: Pınar MERİÇ KANTAR, Nurcan BUDUNELI, Şevki ÇETİNKALP, Samuel I. Hawkins, Diane Renaud, Denis F. Kinane, David A. Scott
JOURNAL OF PERIODONTOLOGY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2009, vol 80, pp 1440-1446
Summary
Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare salivary concentrations of reduced, oxidized glutathione, uric acid, ascorbic acid, and total antioxidant capacity in subjects with diabetes and systemically healthy subjects with inflammatory periodontal disease.