Research Article

Salivary Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress in Psoriatic Patients: Can Salivary Total Oxidant Status and Oxidative Status Index Be a Plaque Psoriasis Biomarker?

Table 2

Dental characteristics of psoriasis patients and control subjects.

Patient characteristicsControlPsoriasis
Median (min–max)Median (min–max)

DMFT15.00 (4.00–28.00)16.00 (6.00–28.00)
PBI0.48 (0–2.12)0.41 (0–2.02)
GI0.23 (0–1.25)0.21 (0–1.56)

Abbreviations: DMFT: decayed, missing, filled teeth index; GI: gingival index; : number of patients; PBI: papilla bleeding index. vs. the control group.