PYRIDINOLINE CROSSLINKS AS MARKERS OF PERIODONTAL AND PERI-IMPLANT DISEASE ACTIVITY

摘要

A method of diagnosing severity of periodontal disease or peri-implant disease in a human patient, involving a) obtaining a sample of tissue or gingival crevicular or other fluid from the mouth of said patient, or a blood or urine sample from the patient, and b) measuring a pyridinoline crosslinked compound in the sample as a measure of severity of disease.