Hany Mohamed Aly Saber <br/><br/>
Role of salivary antimicrobial peptides in caries risk assessment in a group of Egyptian children and their mothers /  
 دور مضادات الميكروبات اللعابية فى تقييم خطر التسوس فى مجموعة من الأطفال المصريين وأمهاتهم 
Hany Mohamed Aly Saber ; Supervised Mervat A. Rashed , Osama I. Elshahawy 
 - Cairo :   Hany Mohamed Aly Saber ,   2008 
 - 98Leaves :   charts , facsimiles ;   30cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis(M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine - Department of Pedodontics 
<br/><br/> The higher the levels of salivary a - Defensin , the lower the levels of Mutans SDtreptococci , the lower the risk to develop dental caries and vice versa.Salivary levels of alpha - defensins(HNP1 - 3)could be a new and useful measure of the risk for caries in children 
<br/><br/>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Alpha Defensins Dental caries ELISA test kit