Alvares O, Siegel I. Permeability of gingival sulcular epithelium in the development of scorbutic gingivitis.
JOURNAL OF ORAL PATHOLOGY 1981;
10:40-8. [PMID:
6782209 DOI:
10.1111/j.1600-0714.1981.tb01246.x]
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Abstract
Young adult nonhuman primates were initially fed an ascorbic-acid free diet and, subsequently, a diet with a suboptimal level of the vitamin. Following approximately 12 weeks of this dietary regime, five of seven experimental animals of the gingival sulcular epithelium to 3H-inulin, but not to 14C-butyric acid or 14C-urea, had increased significantly (+86%, P less than 0.01) in the experimental group as compared to ad libitum or pair-fed controls. This defect in the intercellular permeability barrier of the sulcular epithelium could have contributed to the pathogenesis of scorbutic gingivitis.
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