SALIVA - A VERSATILE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL IN HEALTH AND DISEASE

R.Pathak* , Snehal Mehta, V.Rattan A.M.Aye, A.Pathak 

ABSTRACT

Saliva presents an increasing area of research with implications for basic and clinical purposes. Saliva is potential diagnostic fluid that offers advantage over serum and other biological fluids by an economic and noninvasive collection method for monitoring of systemic health and disease progression. The plethora of components in this fluid can act as biomarkers for diagnosis of various systemic and local diseases. In this review paper, we have emphasized the role of salivary biomarkers as a versatile diagnostic tool. Saliva use in assays will continue to expand thus providing a new instrument of investigation for physiologic as well as pathophysiologic states.

Keywords: Saliva, biomarker for different disease.