Rida Altaf, Michael Kling, Arielle Hough, Jibran Baig, Andrea Ball, Jessica Goldstein, Jamie Brunworth, Cassidy Chau, Marissa Dybas, Robin J Jacobs, Joshua Costin
The Association Between Distance Learning, Stress Level, and Perceived Quality of Education in Medical Students After Transitioning to a Fully Online Platform
Cureus
oxidant antioxidant components saliva play essential role caries development purpose current study disclose interactive effect salivary protein carbonyl pc total glutathione gsh ph flow rate root caries severity control study groups consisted 90 older adults genders classified six groups normal salivary flow rate root caries control normal salivary flow rate incipient root caries normal salivary flow rate shallow root caries hyposalivation root caries hyposalivation incipient root caries hyposalivation shallow root caries group consisted 15 older adults study participants selected patients attended teaching hospital college dentistryuniversity baghdad fit studys criteria unstimulated saliva collected salivary ph flow rate determined immediately saliva subjected biochemical analysis determine pc total gsh levels colorimetrically root surface caries diagnosed clinically using root caries index data statistically analyzed using descriptive statistics twoway univariate analysis variance twoway multivariate analysis variance pearsons correlation coefficient 5 salivary total glutathione revealed significant interactive effect salivary flow rate root decay severity levels salivary total gsh significantly higher subjects shallow root caries incipient root caries root caries levels salivary pc significantly high hyposalivation group correlation caries severity found high root caries severity found associated reduced salivary ph flow rate significant interactive effect recorded salivary flow rate ph total gsh root caries severity except salivary pc