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Use of aspartate aminotransferase in diagnosing periodontal disease: a comparative study of clinical and microbiological parameters.

The benzoyl-DL arginine-naphthylamide (BANA) test and polymerase chain reaction measurement of pathogenic bacteria can assess the severity of periodontal disease.

The relationship of oral malodor in patients with or without periodontal disease.

Effect of a controlled-release chlorhexidine chip on clinical and microbiological parameters of periodontal syndrome.

Clinical and microbiological analysis of periodontally diseased sites after renal transplant.

The opdB locus encodes the trypsin-like peptidase activity of Treponema denticola.

A model for clinical evaluation of the effect of antimicrobial agents on carious dentin.

Relationship of sulcular sulfide level to severity of periodontal disease and BANA test.

Relationship between the presence or absence of gingival bleeding and the enzymatic BANA test.

Subgingival utilization of a 1% chlorhexidine collagen gel for the treatment of periodontal pockets. A clinical and microbiological study.

Relationship between sulcular sulfide level and oral malodor in subjects with periodontal disease.

Risk indicators for periodontal diseases in Guatemalan adolescents.

The relationship between place BANA reactivity and clinical parameters in subjects with mental disabilities.

The prevalence of BANA-hydrolyzing periodontopathic bacteria in smokers.

Purification and characterization of a trypsin-like protease from the culture supernatant of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Y4.

Correlation between the CPITN score and anaerobic periodontal infections assessed by BANA assay.

Expression of cathepsin B-like enzyme activity in cell lysate from cultured human normal keratinocytes.

Microbial factors and gingival crevicular fluid aspartate aminotransferase levels. A cross-sectional study.

Advances in periodontal diagnosis. 4. Potential microbiological markers.

Assessing the relationship between dental disease and coronary heart disease in elderly U.S. veterans.