Table 1. Saliva and VAS measurement results (n=19).

Parameter	Before therapy	After therapy
α-A (U/ml)	145.3 (19.4–391.3)	137.1 (15.1–276.8)
Corti (µg/dl)	0.131 (0.04–0.225)	0.091 (0.036–0.335)*
DHEA (pg/ml)	73.5 (17.9–148.2)	57.8 (17.9–148.2)*
SIgA (µg/ml)	196.7 (32.8–785.3)	215.0 (85.2–783.6)
VAS	5 (1–10)	1 (0–6)*

α-A: α-amylase; Corti: cortsol; DHEA: dehydroepiandrosterone; SIgA: secretory immunoglobulin A; VAS: visual analog scale. Results are expressed as the median (minimum–maximum). *Parameters that showed significant differences before and after therapy (p<0.05)