The correlation of morsal with sulcal, bucco-lingual and approximal caries scores of rats was compared. The morsal with bucco-lingual plus approximal correlation was significantly better than the morsal with sulcal correlation. When reporting rat caries, sulcal scores should be reported alone; morsal scores should be grouped with bucco-lingual and approximal to demonstrate total smooth surface lesions.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Fitzgerald, R.J.; Jordan, H.V.; and Stanley, H.R.: Experimental Caries and Gingival Pathologic Changes in the Gnotobiotic Rat, J Dent Res39:923-935, 1960.
2.
Fitzgerald, R.J., and Keyes, P.H.: Demonstration of the Etiologic Role of Streptococci in Experimental Caries in The Hamster, JADA61:9-19, 1960.
3.
Gibbons, R.J. ; Berman, K.S.; Knoettner, P.; and Kapsumalis , B.: Dental Caries and Alveolar Bone Loss in Gnotobiotic Rats Infected with Capsule Forming Streptococci of Human Origin, Arch Oral Biol11:549-560, 1966.
4.
Krasse, B.: Human Streptococci and Experimental Caries in Hamsters, Arch Oral Biol11:429-436, 1966.
5.
Zinner, D.D. ; Jablon, J.M.; Aran, A.P.; and Saslaw, M.S.: Experimental Caries Induced in Animals by Streptococci of Human Origin, Proc Soc Exp Biol Med118:766-770, 1965.
6.
Bowen, W.H.: The Induction of Rampant Dental Caries in Monkeys (Macaca irus), Caries Res3:227-237, 1969.
7.
De Stoppelaar, J.D.; Van Houte, J.; and Backer-Dirks , D.: The Relationship Between Extracellular Polysaccharide-producing Streptococci and Smooth Surface Caries in 13-year-old Children, Caries Res3:190-200, 1969.
8.
Ikeda, T.; Sandham, H.J.; and Bradley, E.L., JR.: Changes in Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacilli in Plaque in Relation to the Initiation of Dental Caries in Negro Children, Arch Oral Biol18 :555-566,1973.
9.
Littleton, N.W. ; Kakehashi, S.; and Fitzgerald , R.J.: Recovery of Specific "Caries Inducing" Streptococci From Carious Lesions in the Teeth of Children , Arch Oral Biol15:461-463, 1970.
10.
Swenson, J.I. ; Liljemark, W.F.; and Schuman, L.M.: A Longitudinal Epidemiologic Evaluation of the Association Between Detection of Plaque Streptococci and Development of Dental Caries in Children. Microbial Aspects of Dental Caries. Vol. 1, 211-222. Eds. Stiles, H. M.; Loesche, W.; O'Brien, T. C. Sp. Supp. Microbiology Abstracts, 1976.
11.
Fitzgerald, R.J.: Dental Caries Research in Gnotobiotic Animals , Caries Res2:139-146, 1968.
12.
Guggenheim, B.; König, K.G.; Herzog, E.; and Mühlemann, H.R.: The Cariogenicity of Different Dietary Carbohydrates Tested in Rats in Relative Gnotobiosis with a Streptococcus Producing Extracellular Polysaccharide, Helv Odont Acta10:101-113, 1966.
13.
Keyes, P.H. : Dental Caries in the Molar Teeth of Rats, I. Distribution of Lesions Induced by High-carbohydrate Low-fat Diets, J Dent Res37:1077-1087, 1958.
14.
Keyes, P.H. : Dental Caries in the Molar Teeth of Rats. II. A Method for Diagnosing and Scoring Several Types of Lesions Simultaneously , J Dent Res37:1088-1099, 1958 .
15.
Fitzgerald, R.J. and Larson, R.H.: Effect of Invertase Administration on Dental Caries in Rats, Arch Oral Biol16:671-673, 1971.
16.
Larson, R.H. ; Mellberg, J.R.; Englander, H.R.; and Senning, R.: Caries Inhibition in the Rat by Water-borne and Enamel-bound Fluoride, Caries Res10:321-331, 1976.
17.
Larson, R.H. ; Rubin, M.; and Zipkin, I.: Frequency of Eating as a Factor in Experimental Dental Caries, Arch Oral Biol7: 463-468, 1962.
18.
Mcghee, J.R. ; Michalek, S.M.; Navia, J.M.; and Narkates , A.J.: Effective Immunity to Dental Caries: Studies of Active and Passive Immunity to Streptococcus mutans in Malnourished Rats, J Dent Res55:C206-214, 1976.
19.
Navia, J.M.: Animal Models in Dental Research. Chap. 13, Univ. of Alabama Press: Birmingham, 1977, pp. 287-290.
20.
Tanzer, J.M. ; Freedman, M.L.; Fitzgerald, R.J.; and Larson, R.H.: Diminished Virulence of Glucan Synthesis-defective Mutants of Streptococcus mutans, Infect Immun10:197-203, 1974.
21.
Tanzer, J.M. , and Fitzgerald, R.J.: Lack of Caries Inhibitory Property of 2-deoxy-D-glucose in Rats, J Dent Res57:440, 1978.
22.
Tanzer, J.M.; Freedman, M.L.; and Fitzgerald, R.J. : Roles of Glucanase Activity and of Glucan Induced Agglutination Adhesion and Virulence of Streptococcus mutans. In: Pathogenic Streptococci (M. T. Parker, ed.), Chertsey, England: Reedbooks, Ltd., 1979, pp. 211-212.
23.
Tanzer, J.M.; Freedman, M.L.; Woodiel, F.N.; Eifert, R.L.; and Rinehimer, L.A.: Association of Streptococcus mutans Virulence with Synthesis of Intracellular Polysaccharide. Microbial Aspects of Dental Caries. Vol. 3, 597-616. Eds. Stiles, H. M.; Loesche, W.; O'Brien, T. C. Sp. Supp. Microbiology Abstracts, 1976.
24.
Snedecor, G.W. and Cochran, W.G.: Statistical Methods. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State Univ. Press, 1967, pp. 593.
25.
Tanzer J. M.; Hageage, G.J.; and Larson, R.H.: Variable Experiences in Immunization of Rats against Streptococcus mutans-associated Dental Caries, Arch Oral Biol18:1425-1439, 1973.
26.
Tanzer, J.M. ; Freedman, M.L.; Rinehimer, L.A.; Eifert, R.; Grif-Fith, S.; and Woodiel, F.N.: Loss of Virulence of Glucanohydrolase-defective mutants of S. mutans, J Dent Res56A:356, 1977.
27.
Tanzer, J.M., and Freedman, M.L.: Genetic Alterations of Streptococcus mutans' Virulence. In: Secretory Immunity and Infection. Eds. Mcghee, J. R.; Mestecky, J.; and Babb, J. L.New York: Plenum Press (in press), 1978.
