About Book

Saliva is very much essential for healthy oral cavity and better digestion of food. Knowledge about saliva is required in the field of medicine, forensic medicine and more importantly in the field of dentistry. Role of saliva is learnt under numerous aspects and it is very difficult to find entire aspects of saliva in one single study material in the literature. Hence, we aimed to put forth majority of facets of salivary glands and saliva which includes components, functions, types, physiology, flow of saliva, saliva as diagnostic tool and relation of saliva in health and diseases in our book.

About Author

Dr. Suchetha Aghanashini
Professor and Head
Department of Periodontology,
DAPMRV Dental College, Bangalore, Karnataka

Dr. Apoorva S M
Reader
Department of Periodontology,
DAPMRV Dental College, Bangalore, Karnataka

Dr. Suma Prashanth
Postgraduate Student
Department of Periodontology,
DAPMRV Dental College, Bangalore, Karnataka

Dr. Keshava Prasad B S
Professor and Head
Department of Conservative & Endodontics
DAPMRV Dental College, Banglore, Karnataka