Authors : Sharath Kumar Shetty; Mahesh Kumar Y; Monica R
Volume/Issue : Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 12 - December
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DOI : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7480870
This cross sectional study tested the hypothesis
-salivary osteocalcin as a noninvasive biomarker of
skeletal maturation. Methods: This cross sectional study
included 50 subjects [25 males and 25 females]
categorized into five CVMS based on lateral
cephalographs and 2 ml unstimulated whole saliva
samples taken from each patient on the same day.
Salivary osteocalcin activity in unstimulated whole saliva
were compared among five CVMS.