Salivary Markers in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.

: To determine the possibility of using saliva as a diagnostic and prognostic tool for screening and monitoring kidney function. : This study included 32 patients with different stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and 20 healthy examinees for the control group. Saliva was collected using the spitting method, and on the same day blood was also drawn from the examinees to determine serum concentrations of urea and creatinine.

Diagnostic and Prognostic Markers of Periodontal Disease.

The aim of this study is to determine the values of salivary enzyme biomarkers (alkaline phosphatase - ALP, aspartate aminotransferase - AST and lactate dehydrogenase - LDH) in subjects with healthy and diseased periodontium and to investigate the possibility of using these salivary enzymes as diagnostic and prognostic markers. We collected saliva with the spitting method from all examinees in the morning, using the recommendations provided by The values of the enzymes in saliva were determined spectro-photometrically, with the following methods: ALP-IFCC, AST-IFCC, LDH-PYRUVATE. IGI Silness-Löe was used to determine the presence of gingival inflammation, and to determine the presence of clinically manifest periodontitis, we determined the clinical loss of periodontal attachment with a graduated periodontal probe.