Relationship between dental caries and saliva’s visfatin levels, total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and total oxidant status (TOS)

Abstract

Dental caries is a multifactorial infectious disease caused by the colonization and proliferation of bacteria in the mouth. Recently, it has been reported that local antioxidant and oxidant status may play an important role in the pathogenesis of dental caries. Visfatin is an adipocytokine that enhances leukocyte activation and release of proinflammatory cytokines. In this study, our aim was to investigate the salivary visfatin levels, total antioxidant capacity (TAC), and total oxidant status (TOS) in patients with and without dental caries.

Keywords

• dental caries
• oxidative damage
• oxidative stress
• saliva
• visfatin