Dental Care
Low salivary levels of antimicrobial peptides may contribute to dental caries susceptibility
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, November 8th, 2005
"Dental caries is a major worldwide oral disease problem in children. Although caries are known to be influenced by dietary factors, the disease results from a bacterial infection; thus, caries susceptibility may be affected by host factors such as salivary antimicrobial peptides," scientists in the United States report.
"This study aimed to determine a possible correlation between caries prevalence in children and salivary concentrations of the antimicrobial peptides human beta-defensin-3 (hBD-3), the cathelicidin LL37, and the alpha-defensins HNP1-3 (a...
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