Comparative study of oral and salivary parameters in patients with and without loss of bone mass

Abstract Osteoporosis is an insidious and increasingly prevalent disease that can cause fractures and affect patients’ quality of life. The current study comparatively evaluates patients with and without loss of bone mass in terms of salivary calcium, viscosity, and pH. A controlled cross-sectional...

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Main Authors: Igor Figueiredo PEREIRA, Cláudia Borges BRASILEIRO, Núbia Priscilla KLEPERON, Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães de ABREU, Tarcília Aparecida da SILVA, Ricardo Alves MESQUITA, Tania Mara Pimenta AMARAL
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica 2018-06-01
Series:Brazilian Oral Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242018000100242&lng=en&tlng=en