Assessment of occlusal tooth wear in vervet monkeys by reflex microscopy.
A biostereometric method was used to assess the tooth wear of monkeys fed either on one of two Western-type diets, which differed in their refined carbohydrate, fat and fibre contents, or on a combination of the two diets. Certain patterns of wear as a function of diet were observed but these could not be explained adequately in terms of diet roughness alone.
van der Bijl
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Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, South Africa.
de Waal
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Botha
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Dreyer
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D000818:Animals; D002520:Cercopithecidae; D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D014070:Tooth / Q000473:pathology*; D014072:Tooth Abrasion / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*