Histological changes in the oral tissues in response to continuous irradiation

✍ Scribed by Burstone, M. S.

• Book ID: 102891055
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1950
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 513 KB
• Volume: 115
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-104X
• DOI: 10.1002/jez.1401150207

✦ Synopsis

young mice will seriously interfere with the normal histogenesis and morphogenesis of the oral hard tissues, the teeth and jaws (Burstone, '50). The isotope P32, the half life of which is 14.3 days, emits beta rays with a maximum energy of about 1700 kilovolts. Since phosphorus is so widely metabolized throughout the tissues of the body, and especially so in the osseous structures, it is apparent that the radioactive phosphorus metabolized in the oral region would subject the adjacent structures to continuous irradiation. A review of the literature has failed to reveal experimental studies dealing with this problem. METHOD