SALIVA & ORAL HEALTH

With all the characteristics of an ideal diagnostic instrument saliva is a fascinating biological fluid. Its acquisition is actually quick straightforward and non-invasive. Due to its close contact with crevicular fluid and a number of transportation methods saliva contains hundreds of plasma-derived proteins. Advances in analytical methods have made it possible to identify and quantify these proteins with greater accuracy. pioneered a new field known as salivaomics which studies the salivary microbiome metabolome microRNAs transcriptome and proteome.