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The effect of lead on the eruption rates of incisor teeth in rats
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Archives Of Oral Biology. Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd, v. 45, n. 11, n. 951, n. 955, 2000.
0003-9969
WOS:000089560100005
10.1016/S0003-9969(00)00072-8
Autor
Gerlach, RF
Toledo, DB
Novaes, PD
Merzel, J
Line, SRP
Institución
Resumen
The effects of lead on the continuously erupting rat incisors under normo-, hyper- and hypofunctional conditions were investigated. Left lower incisors of 20 rats were rendered unimpeded (hypofunctional) by cutting them out of occlusion every 2 days; the right lower incisors of these rats were considered hyperfunctional. Measurements on normally growing teeth (normofunctional) were carried out in a group of ten rats whose teeth were not cut but only marked every 2 days. On day 7 of the experiment, half of the rats from these two groups were given a single intraperitoneal injection of lead acetate (40 mg/kg), and the other half received sodium acetate (22 mg/kg). Another group of 15 rats was used to obtain blood samples for lead determination 1 h, and 10, 20, and 30 days after lead administration. Animals were killed on day 32. Hypofunctional incisors from lead-treated rats erupted more slowly than control ones (P < 0.05). These results show a previously unreported toxic effect of heavy metals. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 45 11 951 955