Total antioxidant capacity of saliva and its relation with early childhood caries and rampant caries

Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-234

  Hegde, Amitha ^a   Rai, Kavita ^a   Padmanabhan, Vivek ^a  

^a A B SHETTY MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Free radicals (FR); Total antioxidant capacity (TAC)

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

AGE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; INFANT; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALIVA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AGE FACTORS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SALIVA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 67651085564     PISSN: 10534628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.33.3.c730518021m56077     Document Type: Article

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