Are Dental Caries Associated with Oxidative Stress in Saliva in Children and Adolescents? A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: This systematic review aimed to assess whether dental caries is associated with oxidative salivary stress. The searches were carried out in electronic databases, including PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, LILACS, OpenGrey, and Google Scholar, without restrictions on the date of publication and language. The acronym PECO was used, in which the participants (P) were children and adolescents exposed (E) to dental caries compared (C) to those without dental caries, with the outcome (O) of modulation of oxidative biochemical parameters. After the search retrieval, the duplicates were removed, and the articles were evaluated by title and abstract, following the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Then, the papers were read and thoroughly assessed. After selection, the risk of

SUBMITTER: de Sousa Ne YG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9502212 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature