Patients with dental calculus have increased saliva and gingival crevicular fluid fetuin-A levels but no association with fetuin-A polymorphisms

• Main Authors: Gülnihal Emrem DOĞAN (Author), Turgut DEMİR (Author), Esra LALOĞLU (Author), Ebru SAĞLAM (Author), Hülya AKSOY (Author), Abdulkadir YILDIRIM (Author), Fatih AKÇAY (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT: Fetuin-A is a potent inhibitor of calcium-phosphate precipitation and of the calcification process, therefore it can also be related with dental calculus. Thus, we aimed to investigate a possible relationship between fetuin-A gene polymorphism and the presence of dental calculus. A possibl...