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THE DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS OF SALIVA— A REVIEW

¹ Division of Periodontics, Columbia University, School of Dental and Oral Surgery, 630 West 168th Street, PH-7E, Room 110, New York, NY 10032, USA;

View larger version (28K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. Components of whole saliva.

View larger version (25K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. Transport of molecules from blood to saliva. Transport of molecules which are not part of the normal salivary secretion from serum to saliva is by the transcellular route (passive diffusion and active transport) and paracellular route (ultrafiltration) through tight junctions. (Adapted from Haeckel and Hanecke, 1996)