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The influence of smoking on the activity of the gingival neutrophils in young periodontally healthy adults was studied. The neutrophil activity was measured in terms of the gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) levels of elastase, lactoferrin (LF), alpha-1-antitrypsin (alpha-1-AT), alpha-2-macroglobulin (alpha-2 MG) and protein. 30 healthy dental students with no clinical signs of periodontitis, 15 smokers (8 women and 7 men) aged 20-32 years and 15 non-smokers (7 women and 8 men) aged 22-31 years, volunteered to take part in the investigation. The gingival inflammation was registered at 6 sites and the GCF volume was collected from the same sites. The GCF volume was measured with a Periotron 6000. The elastase activity was measured with a chromogenic low molecular substrate and the LF alpha-1-AT, alpha-2-MG levels were determined with ELISA. The protein concentration was measured by the Bradford method. The results showed a statistically significantly lower GCF volume among smokers as compared to non-smokers. No significant difference was found in the elastase activity/microl of the GCF supernatant between smokers and non-smokers but there was a large inter-individual variation. Nor did

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Author

L. Persson; J. Bergström; A. Gustafsson; B. Âsman

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0303-6979)

Published

1999

Language

EN

Field

Dentistry (Health Sciences)