KROK 1 2012 – Question 43 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
Parodontitis is treated with calcium preparations and a hormone that stimulates tooth mineralization and inhibits tissue resorption. What hormone is it?
- A. Calcitonin
- B. Parathormone
- C. Aldosterone
- D. Adrenalin
- E. Thyroxine
Hint
Link the effects described, on mineralisation and resorption, to the hormonal system that regulates calcium exchange between blood and bone.
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