Comparison of periodontal status and salivary IL-15 and -18 levels in cigarette-smokers and individuals using electronic nicotine delivery systems

• Hoofdauteurs: Dena Ali (Auteur), Isaac Kuyunov (Auteur), Jagan Kumar Baskaradoss (Auteur), Toshinari Mikami (Auteur)
• Formaat: Boek
• Gepubliceerd in: BMC, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background It is hypothesized that periodontal status is compromised and whole salivary (WS) interleukin (IL)-15 and IL-18 levels are higher among cigarette-smokers and electronic-nicotine-delivery-systems (ENDS)-users than never-smokers. The aim of the present case-control study was to com...