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J Bagh College Dentistry <strong>Vol</strong>. <strong>21</strong>(1), 2009 The role of lipid peroxidation …<br />

The role of lipid peroxidation in the inducation and<br />

progression of chronic periodontitis.<br />

Taghreed F. Zaidan B.D.S.,M.Sc., Ph.D. (1)<br />

ABSTRACT<br />

Backgrounds: Free-radical-induced lipid peroxidation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several<br />

pathological disorders. This study was aimed to assess the degree of oxidative stress in patients with chronic<br />

periodontitis by estimation of plasma and saliva lipid peroxidation product malondialdehyde (MDA), and the<br />

antioxidants erythrocyte glutathione (GSH), plasma and saliva thiol.<br />

Patients and methods: Fifty patients with chronic periodontitis with mean age of 32.6 ± 10.3 years and fifty healthy<br />

control subjects with normal gingival age study, 5 mls of blood and 3 mls of unstimulated saliva was collected from<br />

each subjects for estimation of plasma and saliva MDA, thiol and erythrocyte glutathione spectrophotometricaly.<br />

Results: The results showed that significantly increased p

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