Salivary and crevicular fluid proinflammatory cytokines and advanced glycation end products in patients with different glycemic levels undergoing fixed orthodontic treatment
Muhammad Abdullah Kamran
Abstract:Objective
To examine whether patients with different blood glycemic levels undergoing fixed orthodontic therapy demonstrate changes in the biochemical profiles of crevicular fluid and salivary advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and proinflammatory cytokine levels in comparison with nondiabetic healthy subjects.
Materials and Methods
Prediabetic subjects, subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and subjects without … Show more
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