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The Effect of an Insoluble Foreign Body in the Pathogenesis of Early Periodontal Disease in the Syrian Hamster
Author(s) -
Miller William A.,
Ripley James F.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.036
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1943-3670
pISSN - 0022-3492
DOI - 10.1902/jop.1975.46.8.488
Subject(s) - miller , dentistry , state (computer science) , medicine , library science , gerontology , biology , mathematics , ecology , algorithm , computer science
The effect of adding 15% talc to either a standard periodontal disease-producing diet (Diet 2000) or a laboratory chow (Purina) was studied in the Syrian golden hamster. The additive was found to reduce the amount of periodontal disease with Diet 2000 and also change the characteristics of the plaque. The addition of talc to laboratory chow increased the severity of normally occurring periodontal disease, although not to the level of Diet 2000.