TY - JOUR ID - TI - Salivary calcium level during lactation AU - Karama MT Al–Nuaimy AU - Tahani A Al–Sandook PY - 2006 VL - 6 IS - 1 SP - 12 EP - 14 JO - Al-Rafidain Dental Journal مجلة الرافدين لطب الأسنان SN - 18121217 19980345 AB - Aims: To determine the salivary calcium during lactation in females and compare with non–lactatingfemales. The saliva nowadays is considered as good source or media for estimation of several ions suchas calcium, magnesium, copper, zinc and even abused drug. Materials and Methods: Theunstimulated saliva was collected from sixty females, thirty lactating and the other thirty were non–lactating. Results: Salivary calcium ion concentration in non–lactating females was 5.021 + 0.1compared to 2.46 + 0.21 in lactating mothers that reflect a significant decline in calcium concentration(p < 0.001). Conclusion: This decline in calcium concentration reflected the importance of externalcalcium supplement during lactation

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