UNSTIMULATED SALIVARY FLOW RATE VARIATIONSDURING EARLY MIXED, LATE MIXED, AND PERMANENT DENTITION AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH AGE, GENDER, & SOCIOECONOMIC CLASS AMONG HEALTHY CHILDREN-A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

Authors

  • Asma Saher Ansari Dr Ishrat ul Ebad Khan Institute of Oral Health Sciences Dow University of health sciences, Karachi Pakistan
  • Imtiaz Ahmed Dr Ishrat ul Ebad Khan Institute of Oral Health Sciences Dow University of health sciences, Karachi Pakistan
  • Masood Anwar Qureshi Institute of Basic Medical Sciences (IBMS) Dow University of Health Sciences
  • Zairah Muqaddas School of Public Health, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Abdur Rehman Hamdard University Dental Hospital, Karachi Pakistan

Abstract

1)            Roblegg E, Coughran A, Sirjani D. Saliva: An all-rounder of our body. Eur J Pharm Biopharm. 2019 Sep; 142:133-141. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2019.06.016. Epub 2019 Jun 18.

2)            Dawes C, Pedersen AL, Villa A, Ekström J, Proctor GB, Vissink A, Aframian D, McGowan R, Aliko A, Narayana N, Sia YW. The functions of human saliva: A review sponsored by the World Workshop on Oral Medicine VI. Arch. Oral Biol. 2015 Jun 1;60(6):863-74.

3)            Ekström J, Khosravani N, Castagnola M, Messana I. Saliva and the control of its secretion. In Dysphagia 2017 (pp. 21-57). Springer, Cham.

Author Biographies

Asma Saher Ansari, Dr Ishrat ul Ebad Khan Institute of Oral Health Sciences Dow University of health sciences, Karachi Pakistan

Assisstant professor 

Oral Biology Department

Imtiaz Ahmed, Dr Ishrat ul Ebad Khan Institute of Oral Health Sciences Dow University of health sciences, Karachi Pakistan

Orthodontics Department

Professor

Masood Anwar Qureshi, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences (IBMS) Dow University of Health Sciences

Physiology 

Professor

Zairah Muqaddas, School of Public Health, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

Postgraduate trainee

Abdur Rehman, Hamdard University Dental Hospital, Karachi Pakistan

Science of Dental Materials

Professor

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Ansari AS, Ahmed I, Anwar Qureshi M, Muqaddas Z, Rehman A. UNSTIMULATED SALIVARY FLOW RATE VARIATIONSDURING EARLY MIXED, LATE MIXED, AND PERMANENT DENTITION AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH AGE, GENDER, & SOCIOECONOMIC CLASS AMONG HEALTHY CHILDREN-A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY. J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad [Internet]. 2026 Jan. 9 [cited 2026 Jan. 11];37(3):291-6. Available from: https://www.jamc.ayubmed.edu.pk/index.php/jamc/article/view/13766

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