Statistical relationship of morsal to bucco-lingual, approximal and sulcal caries in rats.
The correlation of morsal with sulcal, bucco-lingual and approximal caries scores of rats was compared. The morsal with bucco-lingual plus approximal correlation was significantly better than the morsal with sulcal correlation. When reporting rat caries, sulcal scores should be reported alone; morsal scores should be grouped with bucco-lingual and approximal to demonstrate total smooth surface lesions.
D000818:Animals; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D051381:Rats; D013047:Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013295:Streptococcus mutans; D014070:Tooth / Q000473:pathology*