U.S., Feb. 18 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07414030) titled 'Salivary Antimicrobial Peptides and Severe Early Childhood Caries in Turkish Children' on Feb. 10.
Brief Summary: This observational study aims to evaluate the relationship between salivary antimicrobial peptides and severe early childhood caries (S-ECC) in Turkish children. Severe early childhood caries is a multifactorial disease influenced by microbial, environmental, and host-related factors. Salivary antimicrobial peptides play an important role in the innate immune defense of the oral cavity and may influence susceptibility to dental caries.
In this cross-sectional study, salivary samples were collected from children diagnose...