[Testing a method of using fluoride in the treatment of periodontal diseases (author's transl)]

Factorial planning of the program of testing provided significant evidence that, under the influence of a periodontally pathogenetic diet administered to animals, the enteral supply of fluoride tends to normalize the incorporation of Ca45 and P32 into the mineral fraction and further disturb the incorporation of P32 and lysine-1 C14 into the protein fraction of the bone tissue of the femur and jaw, respectively. Calcium electrophoresis provides for the normalization of the corresponding value of protein metabolism (incorporation of P32 and lysine-1 C14 into the organic fraction) in calcified tissues. Combined use of two therapeutic factors produces most favorable effects upon both the mineral and protein metabolism. This also reduces the negative effect exerted by the use of fluorine alone.