Elevated salivary and gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) MMP-8 levels have been reported in patients with initial and chronic periodontitis and in those with periodontitis linked to diabetes [3,38], while the antibiotic and/or scaling and root planning treatment, as well as the application of MMP inhibitory adjuvant medicines, have been shown to lead to the reduction of the level of MMP-8 [4,39,40,41]. The gene discussed is MMP8; the disease is periodontitis.