Salivary stress biomarkers and anxiety symptoms in children with and without temporomandibular disorders

Abstract The etiology of temporomandibular disorders (TMD), which are considered as a heterogeneous group of psychophysiological disturbances, remains a controversial issue in clinical dentistry. This study aimed to evaluate whether the salivary alpha-amylase (sAA), cortisol levels, and anxiety symp...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Yukie KOBAYASHI, Maria Beatriz Duarte GAVIÃO, Maria Carolina Salomé MARQUEZIN, Fernando Luiz Affonso FONSECA, Ana Bheatriz Marangoni MONTES, Taís de Souza BARBOSA, Paula Midori CASTELO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica 2017-10-01
Series:Brazilian Oral Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242017000100264&lng=en&tlng=en