The initiation of the effect of commercially-prepared dried apple on dental caries in albino rats.
Group I of Sprague-Dawley rats was fed diet MIT 200 with 25 parts/10(6) F' in the drinking water. Group II received MIT 200, as did Group IV in which the sucrose was replaced by sugars in the same proportions as in dried apple. Group III received MIT 200 with minced dried apple replacing the sucrose. The diet containing commercially-prepared dried apple induced more dental caries than did similar diets containing equivalent amounts of sugars (p less than 0.01).
D000818:Animals; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000209:etiology*; D005519:Food Preservation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005638:Fruit / Q000009:adverse effects*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains