Salivary melatonin is depleted in patients with dental caries due to the elevated oxidative stress

• Main Authors: Sindhu Saeralaathan (Author), Arasappan Rajkumar (Author), Thodur Madapusi Balaji (Author), A. Thirumal Raj (Author), Arathi Ganesh (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Elsevier, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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Objectives: To determine salivary melatonin and malondialdehyde levels in individuals with and without dental caries. Materials and methods: Saliva samples were collected in a fasting state from patients with active dental caries (n ​= ​16) and patients without dental caries (n ​= ​16). Melatonin wa...