Association of adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein and tumor necrosis factor alpha with periodontal health and disease: A cross-sectional investigation.

Background: Adipocyte fatty acid binding protein (A-FABP) is a novel biomarker of inflammation for various chronic systemic diseases. Since periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease, this study explores the association of A-FABP with periodontal disease parameters and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) levels in gingival crevicular fluid in periodontal health and disease.

Materials And Methods: This original research article describes a cross-sectional study conducted at the Department of Periodontics, M.

Effect of systemic long-term, low-dose aspirin on periodontal status and soluble CD14 in gingival crevicular fluid: a case-control study.

Aim: In the present study, we evaluated the effect of systemic long-term, low-dose aspirin on the periodontal status and gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) concentrations of aspirin-triggered lipoxins (ATL) and soluble CD14 (sCD14).

Methods: The study group consisted of 45 patients who were on long-term, low-dose aspirin therapy, and the control group included patients not on aspirin therapy. Mean bleeding index, plaque index (PI), probing depth (PD), and clinical attachment loss (CAL) were recorded.

An Unusual Plasma Cell Gingivitis Case Related to Use of Herbal Toothpowder.

Introduction: Plasma cell gingivitis (PCG) is a rare benign condition of gingiva marked by dense infiltration of plasma cells into the subepithelial gingival tissue. Considered to be a true hypersensitivity reaction, it leads to edematous enlargement of gingiva extending up to the mucogingival junction. Identification and removal of the allergen leads to remission of the lesion.

Gingival crevicular fluid prostaglandin E2 level as a predictor of preterm low birth weight: a pilot investigation.

Periodontal infections, which serve as a reservoir of inflammatory mediators such as prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)), may pose a threat to the fetal-placental unit and cause preterm delivery. This study was conducted to estimate the levels of PGE(2) in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) and serum to explore the possible use of the GCF-PGE(2) level as a risk predictor of preterm low birth weight (PLBW). Twenty-two pregnant female patients were selected for the study.