Journal of Oral Science Research ›› 2019, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (3): 224-226.DOI: 10.13701/j.cnki.kqyxyj.2019.03.007

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Research Progress of Saliva in Diagnosis of Geriatric Diseases

LIAN Qi-si, Wu Hong-kun*   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Geriatric Dentistry, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041,China.
  • Received:2018-12-08 Online:2019-03-28 Published:2019-04-01

Abstract: Salivary diagnostics is an emerging field in the diagnosis of diseases. Saliva reflects the physiologic state of body, including emotional, endocrinal, nutritional, and metabolic variations. The collection of samples is noninvasive, safe and inexpensive, thus it has potential advantages in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases in the elderly. This article focuses on the application of saliva in oral and systemic diseases in geriatric population. It has a huge potential and will be converted into point of chair testing (POCT), making contributions for the advent of the era of personalized medicine and promote diagnostic technology of diseases for the elderly.

Key words: Geriatric population, Oral disease, Systemic diseases, Saliva diagnostics, Biomarker