TY - BOOK AU - Mariam Mohsen Ali AU - Eman Refaat , AU - Sherine Badr Youness , AU - Sherine Ezz Eldin Taha , TI - Relationship between total salivary antioxidant capacity and caries experience in a group of Egyptian children / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mariam Mohsen Ali , KW - Antioxidant KW - Caries KW - Salivary N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine - Department of Pedodantics; Issued also as CD N2 - It has been claimed that the imbalances in levels of free radicals, reactive oxygen species and antioxidants in saliva play an important role in the onset and development of dental caries. Objectives: To study the correlation between children's total antioxidant capacity of saliva and caries experience. Methods: Total antioxdant capacity of saliva was investigated in 60 healthy children aged 8-10 years where dental examination was carried out in accordance with the recommendation of the world health organization UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -