Effect of low fluoride acidic dentifrices on dental remineralization
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2013-05-06
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Brighenti, Fernanda Lourenção [UNESP]
Takeshita, Eliana Mitsue [UNESP]
Sant'ana, Camila de Oliveira [UNESP]
Buzalaf, Marília Afonso Rabelo
Delbem, Alberto Carlos Botazzo [UNESP]
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This study evaluated the capacity of fluoride acidic dentifrices (pH 4.5) to promote enamel remineralization using a pH cycling model, comparing them with a standard dentifrice (1,100 μgF/g). Enamel blocks had their surface polished and surface hardness determined (SH). Next, they were submitted to subsurface enamel demineralization and to postdemineralization surface hardness analysis. The blocks were divided into 6 experimental groups (n=10): placebo (without F, pH 4.5, negative control), 275, 412, 550, 1,100 μgF/g and a standard dentifrice (positive control). The blocks were submitted to pH cycling for 6 days and treatment with dentifrice slurries twice a day. After pH cycling, surface and crosssectional hardness were assessed to obtain the percentage of surface hardness recovery (%SHR) and the integrated loss of subsurface hardness (δKHN). The results showed that %SHR was similar among acidic dentifrices with 412, 550, 1,100 μgF/g and to the positive control (Tukey's test; p>0.05). For ΔKHN, the acidic dentifrice with 550 μg F/g showed a better performance when compared with the positive control. It can be concluded that acidic dentifrice 550 μgF/g had similar remineralization capacity to that of positive control.
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Dental caries, Dental enamel, Dentifrices, Fluoride, Tooth remineralization
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Brazilian Dental Journal, v. 24, n. 1, p. 35-39, 2013.