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Volume 5 Issue 1 (January, 2017)

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SALIVARY BIOMARKERS AS A DIAGNOSTIC INDICATOR - A BRIEF REVIEW
Jaskaranpreet Kaur Gill, Manjot Kaur, Kirtan Kaur, Sofia Goel

This review highlights the diagnostic application of saliva in health and disease. As a diagnostic fluid saliva offers distinctive advantages over serum as it can be collected non – invasively by individuals with modest training. Whole saliva is frequently used for diagnosis of systemic disease; as it is readily collected and contains serum constituent. Human saliva is not just the fluid in our mouth, but it mirrors our body’s health and well being. Saliva has protective properties and contains a variety of antimicrobial constituents and growth factors. It is becoming increasingly apparent to investigators and clinicians in a variety of disciplines that saliva has many diagnostic uses and is especially valuable in the young, the old and infirm.
Key Words: Salivary diagnostic, biomarkers, systemic disease.

Corresponding Author: Jaskaranpreet Kaur Gill, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Dental Sciences & Research, Amritsar, Punjab, India, Email:  gilljaskaran93@gmail.com

This article may be cited as: Gill JK, Kaur M, Kaur K, Goel S. Salivary biomarkers as a diagnostic indicator - A Brief Review. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2017;5(1):87-91.

 
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