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Anti-cariogenic Effect of Minerals in Food and Water

Nature volume 219, pages 630–631 (1968)Cite this article

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STUDIES based on the discovery that significant numbers of new Navy recruits from contiguous counties of the north-west area in the state of Ohio have never experienced clinically detectable caries attack have indicated that constituents of food and water may provide increased protection against tooth decay. Examination of the results of spectrographic analyses of water from the north-west Ohio area revealed that, compared with the content of finished water supplies of the seven largest cities of Ohio reported by Durfor and Becker1, it contained statistically significantly greater quantities of boron, lithium, molybdenum, strontium, titanium and vanadium. In an attempt to determine whether these mineral differences are related to the observation with respect to dental caries, a preliminary experiment was designed to assess the influence of four different diets on the caries experience of rats.

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  1. Eastman Dental Center, Rochester, New York

    F. L. LOSEE

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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LOSEE, F., ADKINS, B. Anti-cariogenic Effect of Minerals in Food and Water. Nature 219, 630–631 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/219630a0

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