Enteral nutrition feeding alters antioxidant activity in unstimulated whole saliva composition of patients with neurological disorders

Increased activity of the antioxidants systems modulate the oxidative stress in saliva of toddlers with early childhood caries

“…All salivary samples were collected by the same investigator within kindergartens during 5 min, using a Salivette 1 (Sarstedt, Germany). Samples were kept on ice during collection and then were centrifuged at 5500g for 10 min as previously described (Cunha-Correia, Neto, Pereira, Aguiar, & Nakamune, 2014). The supernatants were fractionated and kept at À80 C until analysis.…”

Examination of intensive care unit patients' oral health

“…The most effective factor in maintaining oral hygiene and the continuation of salivary secretion is the process of chewing, and oral feeding is an essential requirement for salivation (Aps & Martens, 2005;Dodds et al, 2005). In ICU patients, however, the common use of enteral feeding disrupts antioxidant defences in saliva (Cunha-Correia et al, 2014b;Pancorbo-Hidalgo et al, 2001).…”

Carious Lesion Severity Induces Higher Antioxidant System Activity and Consequently Reduces Oxidative Damage in Children’s Saliva

“…TBARS assay was used as a rapid screening procedure [34], since it is one of the most classical methods for determining oxidative damage in tissues and homogenates [35,36], plasma [37], salivary glands [38], and also in saliva [12,25]. This study demonstrated that salivary TBARS concentrations gradually decreased in children with cavitated lesions (enamel and dentin) as compared to caries-free children or those with initial lesions.…”

“…The collected samples were kept on ice. Then, the samples were centrifuged at 5500 × g for 10 min, and the supernatants were divided into four aliquots (100-250 μL) and stored at -80°C until analysis [25].…”