Oral Health Condition Among a Group of Ionizing Radiation Field Workers

Salivary Redox Biomarkers in Relation to Oral Health Condition Among a Group of Ionizing Radiation Field Workers

The goal of this study is to test the effect of ionizing radiation on salivary Redox status among a group of ionizing radiation workers by measuring salivary biomarkers(malondialdehyde,8_hydroxy_deoxyguanosine and catalase) and measuring oral health condition by plaque index.

90 male subjects will be enrolled in this study between 30_40 years old worked in Baghdad teaching hospital ,30 subjects exposed from computed tomography department ,30 subjects exposed from x_ray department and 30 subjects unexposed from laboratory department in the same hospitals.

The method of the study is taking unstimulated saliva sample from the subjects and oral health measure.

Inclusion Criteria:

• male, 30_40 years ,no history of systemic disease, no medical treatment taken at least 3 months before sampling and the subjects are exposed to radiation 5_ 10 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• subjects with medical history , subjects are taken medications during last 3 months , the subjects are exposed to radiation less than 5 years or more than 10 years