Effect of Cigarette Smoke on Salivary Total Antioxidant Capacity

• Main Authors: Sedigheh Bakhtiari (Author), Somayyeh Azimi (Author), Masoumeh Mehdipour (Author), Somayyeh Amini (Author), Zahra Elmi (Author), Zahra Namazi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and aims. Cigarette smoke can induce oral cancer by its free radicals and oxidative damage. Salivary antioxidants system is believed to have an important role in defense mechanisms against oxidative stress. This study was compared total antioxidant capacity (TAoC) of saliva in smokers and...