Contemporary Clinical Dentistry (Jan 2012)

Relation of caries status on the salivary total antioxidant levels in asthmatic children

  • Amitha M Hegde,
  • Kiran Raj,
  • Suchetha Shetty

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0976-237x.107426
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 4
pp. 402 – 405

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Aim: To study the correlation between the caries status and the salivary antioxidant levels among asthmatic children. Settings and Design: One hundred children within the age group of 6 12 years were selected and equally subdivided into children having a history of asthma and their healthy siblings. Materials and Methods: Salivary antioxidant levels were assessed using spectrophotometric method, and the caries status was recorded using DMFT (Decayed, missing and Filled Teeth Index) and dft (decayed, filled teeth index) index. Result: The salivary antioxidant levels were reduced among the asthmatic children which was statistically highly significant, whereas the caries prevalence was reduced, but not statistically significant.

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