Light Microscopy Investigation of the Action of the Unsaponifiable Residue of Vegetable Oils on Rat Periodontal Disease Induced by a High Carbohydrate Diet
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Pathobiology
- Vol. 51 (3) , 172-177
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000163188
Abstract
Rats, submitted to a sucrose diet for 12 months, were normally fed for another 6 months either with or without addition of the unsaponifiable residue of vegetable oils. It appears that unsaponifiable substances reinforce the collagen fiber network of the periodontium. The presence of a dense supracristal barrier accounts for the lack of an infraosseous pocket and for the limitation of bone resorption despite the high level of the sucrose diet.Keywords
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