title: Patients With Manifest Caries Lesions Have Higher Levels of Salivary Matrix Metalloproteinase-8 Than Patients With no Caries Lesions.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Caries correlates strongly to salivary levels of matrix metalloproteinase-8. Hedenbjörk-Lager A, Bjørndal L, Gustafsson A, Sorsa T, Tjäderhane L, Åkerman S, Ericson D. Caries Res 2015;49(1):1-8.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The study was funded by faculty grants and by the Regional Board of Public Dental Health in the county of Skane, Sweden
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study.
authors.forename: Patricia Nivoloni
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Tannure
authors.forename: Erika Calvano
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Küchler
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003731:Dental Caries; D006801:Humans; D020784:Matrix Metalloproteinase 8; D012463:Saliva; D013548:Sweden
chemical_list: D020784:Matrix Metalloproteinase 8