Inhibitory activity of Chinese nutgall to caries in animal experiments
Abstract：AIM: To investigate the effect of chinese nutgall on growth of the streptococcus mutans and caries development in rats. METHODS： The rats were infected with streptococcus mutans. They were fed with cariogenic forage 2000# and administered with chinese nutgall, NaF and distilled water. Observation of the effects of chinese nutgall effects on streptococcus mutans and caries development were based on the results of germiculture of saliva and Keyes scoring method. RESULT:The number of treptococcus mutans of chinese nutgall group is equal to that of the NaF group (P>0.05), but significantly less than the distilled water group (P<0.01). According to Keyes score, at E and Ds level the difference between the chinese nutgall group and distilled water group is significant (P<0.01). Difference between chinese nutgall and NaF group is no significance (P>0.05). Caries at Dm level are only found in the distilled water group. CONCLUSION： Chinese nutgall can inhibits the growth of streptococcus mutans and caries development. Its effect is as same as that of the NaF. The Chinese nutgall may becomes a new kind of anticarious medicine.
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Publication Date：2001-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 172-174 )