Blood flow and vascular pressure in the dental pulp. Summary

The present summary is a review and a discussion of the following papers (I-V), submitted as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor Odontologiae at the University of Bergen. I. Blood flow in the dental pulp in dogs measured by local H2 gas desaturation technique. Arch. Oral Biol. 1975, 20, 73-79. Co-author: K. Aukland II. The effect of variations in arterial blood pressure and baroreceptor reflexes on pulpal blood flow in dogs. Arch. Oral. Biol.1975, 20, 345-349 III. Effect of vasodilating drugs on external carotid and pulpal blood flow in dogs: "Stealing" of dental perfusion pressurE. Acta Physiol. Scand. 1976, 97, 75-87 IV. Nervous control of blood flow in the dental pulp in dogs. Acta Physiol. Scand. 1978, 104, 13-23. Co-author: G. Naess V. Microvascular pressure in the dental pulp and gingiva in cats. Acta Odontol. Scand. 1979, 37, 161-168. Co-author: G. Naess Other papers are referred to in the conventional manner.