Dental caries in relation to oral osmosis / by Ragnar Eckermann.

  • Eckermann, Ragnar.
Date:
1919
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Credit: Dental caries in relation to oral osmosis / by Ragnar Eckermann. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    with acids — which of them is the more important factor, we do not know at this moment, but if acids contribute, only inorganic acids take an active part. — When cavities are formed the effect of the local acidose in the cavity is probably due to inorg. and org. acids cooperating, although the effect of the former is predominant. If microorganisms alone are able to break down the caries canal forming the advance guard, the second query yet may be open — with reference to the fact re- peatedly emphasized that the same tooth may have chronic as well as open caries — upon what secret, internal base is the resistance of the latent closed caries canals established.