The relationship between the level of salivary alpha amylase activity and pain severity in patients with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis

• Main Authors: Fatemeh Ahmadi-Motamayel (Author), Shahriar Shahriari (Author), Mohammad Taghi Goodarzi (Author), Abbas Moghimbeigi (Author), Mina Jazaeri (Author), Parisa Babaei (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Academy of Conservative Dentistry, 2013-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives Assessment of dental pain severity is very challenging in dentistry. Previous studies have suggested that elevated salivary alpha amylase may contribute to increased physical stresses. There is a close association between salivary alpha amylase and plasma norepinephrine under stressful ph...