Journal of Dental Research, Vol 56, 78-82, Copyright © 1977 by International & American Associations for Dental Research Online Journals
Relation of body mass to oxygen consumption rate in dental pulp
A. K. Fisher
Oxygen consumption rates of dentinogenically active dental pulp at 38 C
have been determined for 13 different species of mammals ranging from 18.6
gm to 800 kg in mean body mass. The QO2 is inversely related to body mass.
The influence of body mass on the oxygen consumption rate seems to be about
ten times greater in animals weighing less than 18 kg than it is in larger
animals.