Correlation Between the Protease Activities and the Number of Epithelial Cells in Human Saliva
- 1 June 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Dental Research
- Vol. 60 (6) , 1039-1044
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00220345810600060601
Abstract
Whole saliva from patients with gingivitis or marginal periodontitis was analyzed for the number of epithelial cells and leukocytes and protease activities. Significant correlations were observed between protease activities and the number of epithelial cells, but not of leukocytes. Oral prophylaxis evidently reduced the numbers of epithelial cells, leukocytes and protease activities in whole saliva.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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