Salivary calcium level during lactation
Abstract Aims: To determine the salivary calcium during lactation in females and compare with non-lactating females. The saliva nowadays is considered as good source or media for estimation of several ions such as calcium, magnesium, copper, zinc and even abused drug. Materials and Methods: The unst...
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University of Mosul, College of Dentistry,
2006-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Abstract Aims: To determine the salivary calcium during lactation in females and compare with non-lactating females. The saliva nowadays is considered as good source or media for estimation of several ions such as calcium, magnesium, copper, zinc and even abused drug. Materials and Methods: The unstimulated saliva was collected from sixty females, thirty lactating and the other thirty were non- lactating. Results: Salivary calcium ion concentration in non-lactating females was 5.021 + 0.1 compared to 2.46 + 0.21 in lactating mothers that reflect a significant decline in calcium concentration (p < 0.001). Conclusion: This decline in calcium concentration reflected the importance of external calcium supplement during lactation |
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| Item Description: | 10.33899/rden.2006.40176 1812-1217 1998-0345 |