Comments on the inductance transducer method for measuring force-velocity relationships of the eruption of the upper incisors of rats.
The inductance transducer method of measuring the force-velocity relationships of erupting teeth was modified by using a pinned incisor for checking that the head was adequately immobilized. At some stage of the experiment, the head ceased to be completely immobilized. Although it is possible that the movement of the head might have contributed to what was regarded as eruption in previous studies, the results of Steedle, Proffit and Fields (1983, Archs oral Biol. 28, 1149-1153) suggest that, if any such error occurred, it was slight.
D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D006257:Head; D007103:Immobilization; D007180:Incisor; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D014078:Tooth Eruption; D014159:Transducers