Estimation of salivary tumor necrosis factor-alpha in chronic and aggressive periodontitis patients

Introduction: Periodontitis is a chronic bacterial infection characterized by persistent inflammation, connective tissue breakdown and alveolar bone destruction mediated by pro-inflammatory mediators. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) is an important pro-inflammatory mediator that produced causes...

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Auteurs principaux:	Sheeja S Varghese, Hima Thomas, N D Jayakumar, M Sankari, Reema Lakshmanan
Format:	Artigo
Langue:	Inglês
Publié:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Collection:	Contemporary Clinical Dentistry
Sujets:	Aggressive periodontitis chronic periodontitis cytokines tumor necrosis factor-alpha
Accès en ligne:	http://www.contempclindent.org/article.asp?issn=0976-237X;year=2015;volume=6;issue=6;spage=152;epage=156;aulast=Varghese
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