Clinical correlation of salivary alpha-amylase levels with pain intensity in patients undergoing emergency endodontic treatment

• Main Authors: Kavalipurapu Venkata Teja (Author), Sindhu Ramesh (Author), Krishnamachari Janani (Author), Kumar Chandan Srivastava (Author), Deepti Shrivastava (Author), Valentino Natoli (Author), Marco Di Blasio (Author), Marco Cicciù (Author), Giuseppe Minervini (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Pain is usually subjective and thus it is challenging to describe its characteristics such as nature, intensity, and origin. Non-invasive methods such as assessing salivary alpha-amylase (SAA) may aid the practitioner to evaluate the pain intensity. Hence, the current study aimed...