Hypercomplementemia among Peridontal Disease Patients:
Gengivitis
By Ibrahim M S Shnawa, Baha H Alamidi
& Zainab Muhi Hameed ALFatlawi
University of Kasim, Iraq
Keywords: gingivitis, hypercomplementemia, saliva, serum, gum.
GJMR-F Classification : NLMC Code: QW 940
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Abstract- Fifty gingivitis patients were diagnosis by dentist. The age range were 20 – 49 years.
Blood and saliva samples were collected from the test patients and ten apparently normal
subjects as a control. Serum, whole and salivary proteins were subjected to C3 and C4
determinations. C3 and C4 concentration means of patients were higher than that for normal
subject control. They approximate tow folds than that of control. Male approximate female
patients levels of C3. Five combined C3 and C4 Hypercomplementemia out of 50 in both of the
sexs. Six C4 and two C3 hyper complementemia were noted as single expression. Such hyper
complementemia is of secondary type To infection and/ or inflammation responses of the gum.