The association between severity of dental caries and salivary immunoglobulins in asthmatic adult patients

Abstract

The salivary samples were collected adequately from 80 subjects distributed equally (40 asthmatic subjects and 40 control subjects) of ages range between 20-60 years. This comparative survey was determining the caries index(DMFT),Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus sobrinus,salivary IgA and IgE. So this study have shown highly significant difference P ≤ (0.01) found in effect of age on salivary IgA in control adult subjects and non-significant difference (P > 0.05) displayed in influence of age on salivary IgA. So this comparative investigation have demonstrated that non-significant difference (P > 0.05) found in influence of age on salivary IgE to both groups of study. However, the correlation between age and salivary IgE is a weak negative relationship.