Utility of salivary biomarker for stress induced by dental treatment

• Main Authors: Kiyoshi Ohura, Tadashige Nozaki, Mitsuko Shinohara, Kiyoshi Daito, Mie Sonomoto, Michiharu Daito
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2012-02-01
• Series: Japanese Dental Science Review
• Subjects: Stress; Saliva; Biomarker; Dental treatment
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1882761611000366

To appropriately and smoothly perform dental treatment, the objective evaluation of patients' stress during treatment is important, for which effective means and methods to measure stress-related markers in simply and noninvasively collectable saliva have been investigated. In this review, saliva was collected from pediatric patients before and after treatment, and sIgA, α-amylase, and cortisol were measured to evaluate the stress of dental treatment on them. On analysis of the duration and content of treatment in dental records, the sIgA level showed a clearer response to stress compared to α-amylase and cortisol. Measurement of changes in the salivary sIgA level may be a useful, noninvasive stress evaluation method, and sIgA may serve as a stress marker.