Alterations in the gustatory papillae after anterior bite plate insertion in growing rats

• Main Authors: Roody Beauboeuf (Author), Ippei Watari (Author), Eri Saito (Author), Hsu Jui-Chin (Author), Mariko Kubono-Mizumachi (Author), Takashi Ono (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: To determine whether the modification of dental occlusion, without molar extraction, affected the gustatory papillae located in the tongue of growing rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Five-week-old male Wistar rats were randomly divided into an anterior bite plate (ABP) group and a control gr...