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Isolation And Chemico-Physiologic Characterization Of A Parotid Hormone Activity From Porcine Glands, Jean-Marc Tieche
Isolation And Chemico-Physiologic Characterization Of A Parotid Hormone Activity From Porcine Glands, Jean-Marc Tieche
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
For the past decade, evidence has accumulated which suggests that the resistance of the teeth to dental decay is in part under systemic control. It was shown that the resistance is accomplished through the optimal operation of a dentinal fluid transport mechanism which is believed to be hormonally controlled by the hypothalamic-parotid gland endocrine axis. Although circumstantial evidence for such an endocrine function was strong, the isolation of a parotid hormone which stimulates the dentinal fluid transport mechanism remained to be accomplished.
Using modern biochemical techniques, a methodology was designed to isolate and purify the hormone from porcine parotid glands. …
Cranio-Facial Skeletal Morphology Of Digit Suckers, John Eric Peterson Jr.
Cranio-Facial Skeletal Morphology Of Digit Suckers, John Eric Peterson Jr.
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The purpose of this paper was to investigate the cranio-facial skeletal morphology found in digit suckers.
The criteria used for selecting the 50 patients in this study were a history of digit sucking and an anterior dental open-bite. The sample consisted of Class I and Class II, Division 1 malocclusions, ages six through adult, for both sexes. If an individual was post— pubertal, they were classified as an adult. A Ricketts lateral cephalometric analysis of each patient was compared to standards of the same age. These differences were analyzed statistically with a Student t test and a one-way analysis of …