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IT is now well established that there is an intimate relationship between the structure of the teeth in animals and the composition of their food supply, as well as between the latter and certain forms of dental disease. The work of Mrs. Mellanby on these problems has already been referred to in these columns (NATUBE, 125, 604; 1930. 127, 977; 1931). The results of these researches led naturally to an investigation of the problem of dental caries in human beings, along original lines, with the view of determining whether a similar relationship between diet and structure and disease held here also. An interim report of a clinical trial by the Committee upon Dental Disease was issued in 1931 (NATURE, 129, 83; 1932) and is now foUowed by the fuU account of Mrs. Mellanby's experiments upon the effect of diet on dental structure and disease in man*.
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Diet and Dental Disease in Man. Nature 133, 820–822 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133820a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/133820a0