Periodontal Health and Total Antioxidant Capacity for Jordanian Smokers at Dental Teaching Clinic.

Int J Dent · 2025 · PMC12303631 · PMID 40726823

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showed a trendno p-value reported

GSH levels also showed a trend toward decreasing in the periodontitis and smoking group (31.4 ± 6.84 μM), though the difference was only borderline significant compared to the controls ( p =0.0423).

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

While salivary TBARS levels showed significant differences across groups, other salivary biomarkers, such as GSH, SOD, and GPX did not reach statistical significance.

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