Both Osborne-Mendel and NIH Black rats developed carious lesions on the smooth surfaces and in the sulci during the first week on an intensive caries-test challenge. The number and size of lesions continued to increase throughout a ten week experiment. Progression on different surfaces varied with the strain, but final levels were not significantly different.
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