Journal of Dental Research, Vol 59, 644-650, Copyright © 1980 by International & American Associations for Dental Research Online Journals
Influence of sodium, calcium and magnesium trimetaphosphates on dental caries activity in the rat
J. H. Shaw
The caries-inhibiting abilities of the following trimetaphosphates,
Na3(PO3)3, NaCa(PO3)3.H2O, Na4Mg(PO3)6.xH2O, and Ca3(P3O9)2.10H2O, were
compared when added at approximately equal phosphorus concentrations to a
cariogenic diet for rats. Each of these four compounds was found to be
equally capable of inhibiting carious lesions in the occlusal sulci.