Studies on Effect of Gonadectomy on Dental Caries Activity in White Rats and in Cotton Rats
- 1 December 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Dental Research
- Vol. 29 (6) , 798-801
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00220345500290061401
Abstract
In caries-susceptible white rats and cotton rats fed a highly purified caries-producing diet, there was a consistent tendency toward a lesser avg. incidence of tooth decay in the gonadectomized rodents than in the intact littermates. The reduction in dental caries incidence was appreciably higher among orchidectomized males than among ovariectomized females. No difference was observed between the avg. dental caries activity in males and females for each species.Keywords
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