Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Background: A probiotic that could alter the oral microbial ecology may be a useful tool in the clinical management of periodontitis, with the potential to offer two-fold benefits. Firstly, to combat dysbiosis by competitive inhibition of periodontal pathogens, and thereby reducing the overall immunogenicity of the oral microbiota. Secondly, to modulate active disease-associated immune/inflammatory pathways to reduce the destructive inflammation of periodontitis, and lead to immune homeostasis that could be maintained by the host in the long term. Aim of the study: To evaluate the effect of probiotics on saliva in edentulous patients. Materials and methods: The subjects for the study were selected among the completely edentulous patients who reported to the department in the need of complete denture. Only those patients were included whose age was 60 years and more and were not suffering from any chronic deliberating condition. Results: In the present study, a total of 50 patients were selected for the study. We observed that highest frequency of patients belonged to age group 65-70 years (n=22), followed by age group 70-75 years (n=14). Least number of patients were seen in age group 80-85 years. We observed that unstimulated saliva production on day zero and on 60th day was 0.749 gm and 1.36 gm respectively. Similarly, the stimulated production of saliva on day zero was 1.889 gm and on 60th day was 2.29 gm. Conclusion: The production of saliva overall was seen to increase with taking probiotics. The increase in production of saliva was seen in stimulated as well as unstimulated saliva production.
Key words: Probiotics, saliva, edentulous

Received: 12 April, 2019                            Revised:  24 June 2019                             Accepted: 25 June 2019

Corresponding author: Dr. Sunil Dogra, Senior Lecturer,  Department of Prosthodontics, Institute of Dental Sciences, Sehora, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India 
                                                                                 
This article may be cited as: Dogra S, Dhiman T, S Vinuta. Evaluation of Effect of Probiotics on Saliva of Edentulous Patients. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2019;7(7): 58-61.