Near Patient Diagnostic Testing for Periodontal Disease

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Near Patient Diagnostic Testing for Periodontal Disease

• IRAS ID

  158970

• Contact name

  Michael Dudley

• Contact email

  m.dudley@bham.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University of Birmingham

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 9 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  The objective of this study is to evaluate saliva for periodontal disease biomarkers. This approach will be applied to samples collected from periodontally healthy volunteers, those with gingivitis and periodontitis and edentulous controls, in order to validate a panel of biomarkers that will distinguish between healthy and diseased states. This may lead to development of a near-patient diagnostic tool for periodontal disease.

• REC name

  North West - Haydock Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  14/NW/1502

• Date of REC Opinion

  12 Dec 2014

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion