Dried Salivary Spot As A Diagnostic Aid- A Review

Saliva is a colourless, watery and complex fluid secreted by the salivary glands into the oral cavity. It plays an important role in maintaining the moisture and well being of the oral cavity. In recent years, Saliva has been used by the researches, as it is non invasive technique, limited training required, potentially valuable for children and elderly patients, cost effective, eliminates the risk of infection and screening in large population. Collecting dried salivary sample is still being a greater challenge in the forensic. The process of identifying a disease, condition, or injury from its signs and symptoms is referred as diagnosis and diagnostic tool helps in simplifying the clinical findings to obtain a reasonable and relevant differential diagnosis. Recently, Dried salivary spot has been most commonly used among Forensic Odontology which can be used as an efficient diagnostic aid. This article aims to review the updates and significance of dried saliva spot and sampling in forensic odontology.