Relationship between concentration of lysozyme in saliva and dental caries in college students
GAO Jing
ZHANG Ling
Abstract：Objective To explore the relationship between concentration of lysozyme in saliva and dental caries in col-lege students in order to provide basis for its prevention. Methods Totally 65 healthy subjects from China Medical Uni-versity(33 female and 32 male)were randomly selected and participated in this study. Twenty-three high caries college students(DMFT ≥ 5),twenty low caries college students(DMFT = 1-4)and twenty-two no caries college students (DMFT=0)were sampled. Salivary lysozyme was measured by ELISA Kit for the quantitative analysis of human lyso-zyme. Results The rate of success for collecting unstimulated whole saliva in high caries group(65.2%)was lower than that in no caries group(90.9%),but there was no statistical difference(P<0.05);The concentration of lysozyme in no caries group[(10.15 ± 2.60)μg/mL]was higher than that in high caries group[(8.52 ± 2.03)μg/mL](P<0.05). How-ever,no significant gender difference was found in no caries group and low caries group and high caries group(P>0.05). Conclusion Saliva lysozmye is related to college students' caries.
Keywords：dental cariessalivalysozyme
Publication Date：2013-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 618-620 )