Margarita Rivera, EdD, RDH, is an assistant professor in the Department of Dental Hygiene at Farmingdale State College in New York. She is an Open SUNY fellow, and a delegate for the Long Island Dental Hygienists’ Association. Rivera can be reached at margarita.rivera@farmingdale.edu.
Analyzing saliva can aid in the development of simple diagnostic tests for periodontal diseases, offering advantages in noninvasive collection and cost-effective, large-scale screening.
Explore the intricate relationship between systemic conditions and periodontal diseases, revealing key biomarkers and pathways linking these conditions to oral health outcomes.
Through preventive efforts and early diagnosis and treatment, dental teams can play a vital role in managing oral and systemic diseases — including many forms of cancer.
A discussion of using gingival crevicular fluid as a biomarker for assessing the risk and stages of periodontal disease, as well as other oral and systemic conditions.