Assessment of salivary thiocyanate levels and pH in the saliva of smokers and nonsmokers with chronic periodontitis - A comparative study

• Main Authors: C Naresh Kumar (Author), Subramaniam M Rao (Author), Ankur Jethlia (Author), Chandra Shekhar Linganna (Author), Manish Bhargava (Author), Devendra H Palve (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: It has been speculated that the pathogenesis of diseases prompted by cigarette smoking includes oxidative damage by free radicals. Though, definitive evidence that smoking may cause the oxidative modification of target molecules in vivo is lacking. Therefore, the purpose of this study wa...