Fig. 4From: Salivary peptidome profiling for diagnosis of severe early childhood cariesSalivary histatin-1 levels increased in children with s-ECC treated for 4 weeks. These levels were compared with before treatment. a Western blotting reveals the presence of histatin-1 in each salivary sample. b The relative density of the histatin-1 bands, revealing that levels of salivary histatin-1 are higher in children with s-ECC after treated for 4 weeks compared with before treatment  (**P < 0.01)Back to article page