title: Relation of caries status on the salivary total antioxidant levels in asthmatic children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the correlation between the caries status and the salivary antioxidant levels among asthmatic children.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred children within the age group of 6 12 years were selected and equally subdivided into children having a history of asthma and their healthy siblings.
  
  
  METHODS
  Salivary antioxidant levels were assessed using spectrophotometric method, and the caries status was recorded using DMFT (Decayed, missing and Filled Teeth Index) and dft (decayed, filled teeth index) index.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The salivary antioxidant levels were reduced among the asthmatic children which was statistically highly significant, whereas the caries prevalence was reduced, but not statistically significant.
authors: Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Children Dentistry, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors: Amitha M
authors: AM
authors: Hegde
authors: Kiran
authors: K
authors: Raj
authors: Suchetha
authors: S
authors: Shetty
keywords: Antioxidants; asthma; dental caries
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