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Saliva: a fountain of opportunity
Mahvash Navazesh1, Paul Denny, Stephen Sobel
1Division of Diagnostic Sciences at University of Southern California School of Dentistry, 90089-0641, USA. navazesh@usc.edu
Journal of the California Dental Association
|October 31, 2002
Abstract:
Saliva continues to demonstrate that it is more complex than generally perceived and has more diagnostic value than is generally appreciated. This article will review some of the components and functions of saliva; discuss its promise as a diagnostic aid; review some of the problems associated with inadequate salivary function; and, it is hoped, enhance oral health care providers' appreciation of the importance of saliva in everyday clinical practice.