Dietary arsenic supplements were fed to caries-susceptible rats after the molar crowns were mineralized almost completely, during the mineralization of the crowns, or throughout and after development. No influence on caries activity was observed. Dietary supplements of arsenic to weanling rice rats tended to cause small increases in the severity of the periodontal syndrome.
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