Evaluation of active matrix metalloproteinase-8 (aMMP-8) chair-side test as a diagnostic biomarker in the staging of periodontal diseases
Articles > Article · 2021
Authors: V Özgen Öztürk, Gülnur EMİNGİL, Kehinde Umeizudike, Taina Tervahartiala, Dirk-Rolf Gieselmann, Kurt Maier, Timur KÖSE, Timo Sorsa, Saeed Alassiri
Archives of Oral Biology, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2021, vol 124, pp 104955-104955
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2020.104955
Summary
Objective: There is a need for a reliable complementary diagnostic tool that ideally helps to screen, differentiate sites, activities of and predict future periodontal tissue destruction. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the screening and prevention potential of the chair-side/point-of-care (PoC) diagnostic test of salivary active matrix metalloproteinase-8 (aMMP-8) levels at different stages of periodontal disease and periodontal health.