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

• मुख्य लेखकों: Sheeja S Varghese (लेखक), Hima Thomas (लेखक), N D Jayakumar (लेखक), M Sankari (लेखक), Reema Lakshmanan (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: 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...