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J Dent Res 39(2): 372-376, 1960
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Pyrophosphate: A Factor in Tooth Erosion

G. W. RAPP 1, ALDONA PRAPUOLENIS 1, and JOHN MADONIA 1

1 Loyola University School of Dentistry, Chicago, Illinois

1. Human saliva, salivary debris, and mixed cultures can accumulate pyrophosphate under the conditions of this study.

2. The concentrations of pyrophosphate accumulated in fermentation mixtures are capable of decalcifying tooth substances.

3. Pyrophosphate accumulation by salivary debris may be a factor in the etiology of clinical dental erosion.

Submitted on September 22, 1959
Revised on November 30, 1959






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