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Background: Tobacco use by youth is ever-demanding, and it is
increasingly distributed not only in India but also globally. Saliva is a complex
oral bio-fluid, freely available, performing absolute tasks for maintaining oral
health and homeostasis. It contains a plethora of significant constituents such
as proline-rich proteins (PRPs), immunoglobulins, IgA, enzymes lysozyme,
lactoferrin, peroxidases, amylase, etc. The basic ecological balance of the oral
cavity is stabilized via salivary clearance by reduced aggregation and adherence
of microorganisms by direct microbial activity. This balance of oral activity is
also done by indirect mechanisms by immunological as well as non-immunological
means and also by effectively regulating salivary pH flow rate. This
institutional observational study was planned to assess and compare salivary
parameters (pH, salivary flow rate), total proteins,