Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Assessment of Pentraxin-3 Levels in Gingival Crevicular Fluid and Saliva in Periodontal Health and Disease
Brief Summary: Subjects were selected from the outpatient clinic, Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University. Ten healthy control subjects presented with clinically healthy periodontium. Ten patients who had plaque induced gingivitis. Ten patients who had generalized chronic periodontitis. Ten patients who had generalised aggressive periodontitis. Pentraxin-3 levels were evaluated in GCF and saliva of all subjects included in this study with ELISA technique.