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The Role of Saliva in Dental Practice

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Saliva is a valuable source of clinical information, since it contains biomarkers that may be useful for identifying patients at an increased risk of suffering oral disease. Current technology offers a valuable opportunity for developing such biological molecules as biomarkers. The present chapter offers a review of saliva as a potential and effective tool for the diagnosis and monitoring of diseases of the oral cavity.

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  1. Biomedical Research Institute (IMIB-Arrixaca), Faculty of Medicine, Regional Campus of International Excellence Campus Mare Nostrum, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

    Eduardo Pons-Fuster

  2. Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Regional Campus of International Excellence Campus Mare Nostrum, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

    Pia López-Jornet

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  1. Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Clinical Analysis (Interlab-UMU), Regional Campus of International Excellence Campus Mare Nostrum, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

    Asta Tvarijonaviciute

  2. Interlab-UMU, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

    Silvia Martínez-Subiela

  3. Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Regional Campus of International Excellence Campus Mare Nostrum, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

    Pia López-Jornet

  4. MED - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture Environment and Development, IIFA - Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal

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Pons-Fuster, E., López-Jornet, P. (2020). The Role of Saliva in Dental Practice. In: Tvarijonaviciute, A., Martínez-Subiela, S., López-Jornet, P., Lamy, E. (eds) Saliva in Health and Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37681-9_5

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