RACHITIC CHANGES OF THE MANDIBULAR CONDYLE OF THE RAT
JOSEPH P. WEINMANN M.D.1
1 Department of Research, School of Dentistry, Loyola University, Chicago, Ill.
The effect of rachitogenic diet on the mandibular condyle of the white rat is, in principle, analogous to that observed in the articular and epiphyseal cartilages of tubular bones. The growth cartilage in the condyle is increased in thickness. Tlhe condyle itself is clubshaped. Both phenomena are the consequence of the lack of calcification of the cartilage and the osteoid tissue, and their consecutive resistance to resorption.
Submitted on July 10, 1946
