The Caries-Producing Effect of Similar Foods Grown in Different Soil Areas
- 8 March 1951
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 244 (10) , 361-362
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm195103082441004
Abstract
A STATISTICALLY significant higher incidence of dental caries has been produced in hamsters fed diets containing corn and dried whole milk produced in New England, in comparison to those fed similar foods grown in northwest Texas.1 The present study was undertaken as a confirmation of these results, and to determine whether the cariogenic factor was in the corn or the milk, or in both.Four groups, each containing 35 weanling hamsters, were assembled so that each group had equal distribution in terms of weight, sex and litter-mates. They were fed a modified Hoppert, Webber and Canniff diet,2 consisting of corn . . .Keywords
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