Journal of Periodontology; Copyright 2015

DOI: 10.1902/jop.2015.140593

Periodontal Status and Whole Salivary Cytokine Profile Among Smokers and Never-Smokers With and Without Prediabetes Fawad Javed,* Abdulaziz A. Al-Kheraif,† Mohammad D. Al Amri,‡ Mohammed Alshehri,§ Fahim Vohra,‡‖ Mansour Al-Askar,¶ Hans Malmstrom,* Georgios E. Romanos# * Division of General Dentistry, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. † Research Chair for Dental Biomaterials, Dental Health Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11541, Saudi Arabia. ‡ Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. § Division of Restorative and Implant Dentistry, Department of Dentistry, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ‖ Department of Dentistry, Jinah Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. ¶ Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. # Department of Periodontology, School of Dental Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY. Background: Whole salivary interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-6 in prediabetic smokers and neversmokers remains uninvestigated. The aim was to assess the periodontal status and whole salivary IL-1β and IL-6 levels among smokers and never-smokers with and without prediabetes (controls). Methods: Ninety-five individuals (45 patients with prediabetes and 50 systemically-healthy controls) were included. Twenty-nine patients with prediabetes and 27 controls were smokers. Periodontal parameters (plaque index [PI], bleeding on probing [BOP], probing depth [PD], clinical attachment [CA] loss and marginal bone loss) were measured and number of missing teeth (MT) were recorded. Fasting blood glucose (FBG) and hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) levels were recorded. Unstimulated whole saliva samples were collected, unstimulated whole salivary flow rate (UWSFR) was determined and IL-1β and IL-6 levels were measured. P-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results: FBG (P

Periodontal Status and Whole Salivary Cytokine Profile Among Smokers and Never-Smokers With and Without Prediabetes.

Whole salivary interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-6 in smokers and never-smokers with prediabetes remains uninvestigated. The aim of this study is to assess t...
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