The finding that maternal lead ingestion increases the prevalence of caries in rat pups may explain the greater incidence of tooth decay among inner city children (pages 1024–1025).
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Curzon, M., Toumba, K. Plumbing the depths of dental decay. Nat Med 3, 956 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0997-956
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