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J Dent Res 32(1): 74-77, 1953
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EXPERIMENTAL DENTAL CARIES IN THE WHITE-TAILED RAT IN SOUTH AFRICA

T. OCKERSE D.M.D. D.D.S., D.SC.1

1 Department of Health, Pretoria, Union of South Africa

1. A suitable rat, Mystromys albicaudatus has been used for the first time in South Africa in connection with dental caries research.

2. Caries could at first not be produced in that rat, when fed a high sugar diet for twenty months.

3. When female rats were fed a high sugar diet during pregnancy and lactation, caries could be produced in their offspring, when they were also fed a high sugar diet.

4. The coarse corn particle was not necessary to initiate caries in this rat.

Submitted on June 16, 1952






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