Assessment of salivary flow rate in patients with chronic periodontitis

• Main Authors: Chitra G Vallabhan (Author), Sujith Sivarajan (Author), Ashwin Devanarayanan Shivkumar (Author), Vandana Narayanan (Author), Steffi Vijayakumar (Author), R S Indhuja (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Chronic periodontitis (CP) is an infectious disease, primarily affecting the attachment apparatus of the dentition, and is categorized into mild, moderate, and severe periodontitis on the basis of its severity. It is a well-established and proven fact that an adequate level of saliva is...