Abstract

Saliva like other body fluids has its own functions and importance in daily life of an organism. Humans can manage without saliva it is not life threatening but it results in variety of difficulties and miseries. The analysis of saliva, like blood – based analyses has two purposes 1) Identify individuals with disease 2) Follow the progress of affected individuals under treatment. The study and use of saliva-based diagnostics have increased during past 10yrs. This has been proved to be very useful in large scale screening and epidemiological studies. The highly sensitive test procedures that are now common place makes it practical to quantitate, despite very low conc.

Keywords: Saliva; Diagnostic; Fluid; Flow Rate

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Citation

Citation: Dr. Aameer Parkar., et al. “Saliva As a Diagnostic Fluid A Review”. Acta Scientific Dental Sciences 6.5 (2022): 67-76.

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