title: Influence of sodium, calcium and magnesium trimetaphosphates on dental caries activity in the rat.
abstract: The caries-inhibiting abilities of the following trimetaphosphates, Na3(PO3)3, NaCa(PO3)3.H2O, Na4Mg(PO3)6.xH2O, and Ca3(P3O9)2.10H2O, were compared when added at approximately equal phosphorus concentrations to a cariogenic diet for rats. Each of these four compounds was found to be equally capable of inhibiting carious lesions in the occlusal sulci.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000209:etiology; D004037:Diet, Cariogenic; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D011122:Polyphosphates / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D011122:Polyphosphates; C009293:trimetaphosphoric acid