Salivary phosphate concentration and tooth caries
Mickenautsch S*, Yengopal V*, Leal SC**, Bezerra AC**
*Division of Public Oral Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
**School of Dentistry, University of Brasilia, Brasilia DF, Brazil
Abstract
The evidence suggests that absence of caries is associated with a higher salivary phosphate content.
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This record should be cited as: Mickenautsch S, Yengopal V, Leal SC, Bezerra AC. Salivary phosphate concentration and tooth caries. Minim Interv Comp Database Syst Rev 2008; 1: RV03120080303.
This version first published online: April 30, 2008
Last revised: April 30, 2008
Objectives
To assess whether salivary phosphate concentration is influencing caries incidence.
Search strategy
The trials were identified from a search of the PubMed database on: March 3, 2008 using the terms: ""Saliva"[Mesh] AND "Phosphates"[Mesh] AND ("Dental Caries"[Mesh] OR "Dental Caries Susceptibility"[Mesh] OR "Root Caries"[Mesh] OR "Tooth Demineralization"[Mesh]) and a search of the LILACS database on: April 7, 2008 using the terms: "cárie and dentária and saliva and fosfato".
Inclusion criteria
All 2-arm in-vivo or in-situ randomized/quasi-randomized control trials; COHORT studies; case control trials (CCT) on human tissue with relevance to review question including computable data; published in English or Portuguese.
Data collection and analysis
The literature search identified 1 article in answer to the review question.
Main results
The result showed that caries free patients had a slightly higher salivary phosphate concentration then patients with caries.
Authors' conclusions
So far results of only one trial could be found. The results suggest that absence of caries is associated with a higher salivary phosphate content.
