“…Despite the higher sensitivity of MS-based methods, NMR enables simpler sample preparation and faster, non-destructive (i.e., samples may be recovered for subsequent analysis by other methods) and more reproducible analysis (Emwas et al, 2013;Gil & Duarte, 2018). Following on blood/urine metabolomics (Duarte, Rocha, & Gil, 2013;Pinto et al, 2016), saliva has shown promising results regarding several pathologies (Yilmaz et al, 2017;Zhang et al, 2014), including periodontal disease in adults (Barnes et al, 2011;Giannobile, 2012). In addition, metabolomics of adults' saliva has addressed intra-and inter-individual variability and the effects of gender and stimulation (Dame et al, 2015;Neyraud, Tremblay-Franco, Gregoire, Berdeaux, & Canlet, 2013;Silwood, Lynch, Claxson, & Grootveld, 2002;Takeda et al, 2009).…”