Human Type Caries Distribution in Osborne-Mendel Rats Kept on Heated Skim Milk Powder Diet.

Abstract

SummaryDental caries with occlusal and surface lesions approximating human caries distribution has been produced in the Osborne-Mendel strain of the white rat on heated skim milk powder diet of McClure and Folk. The lesions were developed fully in 97% of the animals at the age of 81 days. The data presented suggested independent etiologies for the surface and occlusal types of caries lesions.