Title: Art and science of dental caries research /
Authors: Harris, Robert S. 1904-1983.; Caldwell, Robert Craig, 1927-
Publisher: Academic Press,
Year: 1968
Subjects: Dental Caries; Dental caries; Dentistry Research
Contents: Part I. Comparative biology of the mouth -- 1. Introductory statement / Ira L. Shannon -- 2. Tooth formation, morphology, and eruption / K.J. Paynter and M.C. Johnston -- 3. Tooth histology / Mervyn B. Quigley -- 4. Tooth chemistry / Isadore Zipkin -- 5. The organic components of human salivary secretions / Robert C. Caldwell -- 6. Inorganic compounds of salivary secretions / Harold G. McCann -- Part II. Microbiology of dental caries -- 7. Introductory statement / Ronald J. Gibbons -- 8. Polysaccharide-producing bacteria and caries / Robert J. Fitzgerald and Harold V. Jordan -- 9. Human streptococcal strains in experimental caries / Doran D. Zinner and James M. Jablon -- 10. Effects of dietaries on oral microbiology / Bo Krasse -- 11. Summary discussion / Ronald J. Gibbons -- Part III. Clinical caries research -- 12. Introductory statement / Herschel S. Horowitz -- 13. Experimental design / Miguel A. Guzman -- 14. Conduct of studies of caries epidemiology / A.L. Russell -- 15. Conduct of clinical assays of carie-controlling agents / Sidney B. Finn -- 16. Summary statement / Herschel S. Horowitz -- Part IV. Animal caries research -- 17. Introductory statement / R.L. Hartles -- 18. Similarities and differences in dental caries in various species / Paul H. Keyes -- 19. Design of animal experiments in caries research / Klaus G. König -- 20. Choice of species of experimental animal / James H. Shaw -- 21. Caries-producing diets / Juan M. Navia -- 22. Tooth age and caries susceptibility / Rachel H. Larson -- 23. Methods for scoring dental caries in experimental animals / Robert Van Reen and William R. Cotton -- 24. Summary statement / R.L. Hartles -- Part V. Other approaches to dental caries research -- 25. In vitro simulation of dental caries using bacteria / Ward Pigman -- 26. In vitro studies using chemicals / G. Neil Jenkins -- 27. Experimental changes of enamel mineral density / Theodore Koulourides -- 28. Summary remarks / Richard S. Manley.