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September 05-06, 2019 | London, UK
7th International Conference on
2nd International Conference on
Otolaryngology: ENT Surgery
Dental Health and Oral Hygiene
Joint Event
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The advent of high fluoride dentifrices
Sharon Vincent and Abi M Thomas
Christian Dental College, India
Fluoride has been an important part of oral hygiene
regimen used around the globe for the past seventy years.
The benefit of fluoride toothpastes in preventing caries is
firmly established. Low fluoride toothpastes are no longer
recommended. High concentration fluoride toothpastes are
a relatively recent innovation and come in two strengths, a
moderately strong 2,800ppm sodium fluoride paste and a
high strength 5,000ppm sodium fluoride paste. Saliva and
plaque act as important bioreserves of fluoride ion and are
crucial in maintaining intra oral fluoride balance. Comparison
of fluoride retention following the use of these dentifrices
at all clinically relevant time intervals could be suggestive
of their use in patients at a high caries risk. Various clinical
trials reported significant caries reduction ranging from 18%
to 24% with high fluoride dentifrices. This caries preventive
action is attributed to the high intra oral fluoride levels upto
12 hours with 2800 ppm dentifrice and upto 24 hours with
5000ppm dentifrice. Hence, high fluoride dentifrices are of
significance to peoplewith difficulties inmaintaining adequate
oral hygiene like individuals with special health care needs, or
patients running a high risk of developing caries or those who
do not brush twice a day.
Speaker Biography
Sharon Vincent was graduated from Govt. College of Dentistry, Indore
(India) and completed her Masters in Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry at
the age of 26 years from Christian Dental College, CMC Ludhiana (India).
She has three publications to her credit with ongoing research in fluoride
dentifrices. Her areas of expertise are pediatric orthodontics and restorative
dentistry, with a keen interest in presurgical cleft lip and palate orthopedics.
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