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Saliva concentrations of RANKL and osteoprotegerin in smoker <i>versus</i> non‐smoker chronic periodontitis patients

Nurcan Buduneli, Başak Bıyıkoğlu, Sakhr Sherrabeh, David F. Lappin

Journal Of Clinical Periodontology · 2008 · 73 citations · 46 references

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Abstract

Salivary RANKL and OPG concentrations are suggested to be affected by smoking as not only the untreated but also the treated smokers exhibited higher RANKL and lower OPG concentrations than non-smokers.

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Hailing Hsu, David L. Lacey, Colin R. Dunstan et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1999 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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