Influence of selected fatty acids upon plaque formation and caries in the rat.
Arch Oral Biol
; 27(12): 1027-31, 1982.
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ABSTRACT
Weanling rats were given high-sucrose cariogenic diets containing 2 per cent lauric acid, linoleic acid, nonanoic acid or monolaurin. Plaque accumulation was determined on the incisors of half the animals during only the last 3 days of the study and on the remaining animals at the conclusion of a 21-day test period when both sulcal and smooth-surface caries were assessed. No significant differences between the test groups in food consumption were observed nor were there any differences in body weight gain. The least amount of plaque was observed in the animals given monolaurin; the other fatty acids exerted no significant effect upon plaque accumulation. The smooth-surface caries data indicated that the least number of lesions occurred in the animals on the diet containing monolaurin. Nonanoic acid was significantly more effective in limiting sulcal caries than any of the other fatty acids studied. Thus both monolaurin and nonanoic acid have significant cariostatic activity in the rat.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cárie Dentária
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Placa Dentária
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Ácidos Graxos
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arch Oral Biol
Ano de publicação:
1982
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