Saliva as A Diagnostic Fluid - A Review

Raskin¹, N. Aravindha Babu² And K. M. K. Masthan³

¹Tagore Dental College and Hospital, Rathnamangalam, Chennai – 600127, India. ²Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology (COCPAR), Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath University, Chennai, India. ³Department Of Oral Pathology and Microbiology(COCPAR), SreeBalaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath University, Chennai, India.

Abstract: In the last 10 years, the use of saliva as a diagnostic fluid has become somewhat of a translational research success story. Technologies are now available enabling saliva to be used to diagnose disease and predict disease progression. This review describes some important recent advances in salivary diagnostics and its application in various systemic diseases .This review will also stimulate future research activity.

Keywords: Saliva; sjogren syndrome

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