Bacteria were found in histologic sections and cultures of unexposed pulp in 48 of 67 teeth from dogs. Deep Class V cavities had been prepared in these teeth. The dogs had been intravenously inoculated with bacteria of the same immunologic types as those identified in pulps.
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