Brazilian Oral Research ()

Diagnostic potential of saliva proteome analysis: a review and guide to clinical practice

  • Camilla Vieira Esteves,
  • Wladimir Gushiken de Campos,
  • Milena Monteiro de Souza,
  • Silvia Vanessa Lourenço,
  • Walter Luiz Siqueira,
  • Celso Augusto Lemos-Júnior

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/1807-3107bor-2019.vol33.0043
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 33, no. 0

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Abstract: Proteomic techniques have become popular in medicine and dentistry because of their widespread use in analyzing bodily fluids such as blood, saliva, urine, and gingival crevicular fluids as well as hard tissues such as enamel, dentine, and cementum. This review is a guide to proteomic techniques in general dentistry, summarizing techniques and their clinical application in understanding and diagnosing diseases and their use in identifying biomarkers of various diseases.

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