Influence of combinations of oat hulls and sodium trimetaphosphate upon dental caries in the rat.
Two rat caries studies were conducted in which oat hulls, sodium trimetaphosphate, and combinations thereof were incorporated into two different caries-producing diets. The type of diet used was found to influence the anti-caries effects of oat hulls. In many instances, the cariostatic effect of the two agents was additive or even synergistic.
D000818:Animals; D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004037:Diet, Cariogenic; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000009:adverse effects; D002523:Edible Grain / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D011122:Polyphosphates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D013395:Sucrose / Q000009:adverse effects
D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D011122:Polyphosphates; D013395:Sucrose; C009293:trimetaphosphoric acid