Peer-Reviewed Article January 28, 2014
Salivary Diagnostics: A Brief Review
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Published in: ISRN Dentistry
Publisher: Hindawi Publishing Corporation • Egypt • 2090-4371
Abstract
Early detection of disease plays a crucial role for treatment planning and prognosis. Saliva has great potential as a diagnostic fluid and offers advantage over serum and other biological fluids by an economic and noninvasive collection method for monitoring of systemic health and disease progression. The plethora of components in this fluid can act as biomarkers for diagnosis of various systemic and local diseases. In this review paper, we have emphasized the role of salivary biomarkers as diagnostic tools.