The auther observed the effect of dietary magnesium dificiency on the periodontal ligament of albino rats. The experimental animals wre fed with a diet deficient in magnesium for 1,2 and 3weeks.
The sections were stained van Gieson, Mallory azan. Massons-Gomori's one step trichrom. Biolschowsky-Gomori, PAS reaction and Halmi stain.
After 2 and 3weeks with dietary magnesium deficiency, argyrophilic fiber of periodontal ligament were showed increased-reactivity.
Oxytalan fibers were not changed by magnesium deficiency. |