Extracted human teeth were exposed to continuous CO 2 laser radiation at 10.6μ. Ground
sections showed disrupted enamel rods and incineration of odontoblastic processes in dentin. …

Using an experimental gingivitis model, 99 subjects completed a 3‐week study to determine
the correlations between a visual index of gingivitis, the Modified Gingival Index (MGI), and …

Twenty young men known to be heavy plaqueformers were treated alternately with a 0.05%
alexidine mouthwash and a placebo mouthwash in the absence of conventional oral …

Evidence indicates that the tooth surface differs in structure from the enamel immediately
beneath it, and particularly that the enamel rod type structure is minimal in the true natural …

The article discusses the current status of indices for measuring dental plaque. Gingivitis,
which is prevalent in a large proportion of the child and adult populations, is an inflammatory …

Dental plaque is massed packed bacterial cells which accumulate on the supra- and
subgingival surfaces of the teeth as well as on the oral mucosa. The microorganisms of plaque …

Results of this comparative, double-blind, clinical study show that fluoride dentifrice with 2.0%zinc
chloride is effective in reducing calculus accumulation after a dental prophylaxis. The …

The cleansing properties of dentifrices were investigated by use of a newly devised technic
for the assessment of tooth stains.

IT WAS evident that the golden Syrian hamster (Cricetus auratus) was a suitable experimental
animal after Adler'had utilized it for the study of kala azar. The Syrian hamster was first …

RESULTS The results of the quantitative spectrochemical analysis of incisor and molar enamel
from male and female Syrian hamsters are shown in Table I. All values are expressed as …