Estimation of salivary tumor necrosis factor-alpha in chronic and aggressive periodontitis patients

• Main Authors: Sheeja S Varghese (Author), Hima Thomas (Author), N D Jayakumar (Author), M Sankari (Author), Reema Lakshmanan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Periodontitis is a chronic bacterial infection characterized by persistent inflammation, connective tissue breakdown and alveolar bone destruction mediated by pro-inflammatory mediators. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) is an important pro-inflammatory mediator that produced causes...