Remineralizing Potential of Clinpro and Tooth Mousse Plus on Artificial Carious Lesions.

Background: Calcium phosphate and fluoride (F) delivery systems claim to facilitate enamel remineralization.

Aim: To evaluate and compare (i) the remineralizing potential of Clinpro Tooth Crème(CTC) and Tooth Mousse Plus(TMP) on artificial carious lesions, and (ii) the benefit of 1000ppm F dentifrice prior to the application of CTC and TMP.

Study Design: Carious lesions, 200-300μm deep were produced by placing molars in demineralizing solution for 96h, sections 100-150μm thick were then randomly assigned to six groups(n=150).

Remineralizing potential of a 60-s in vitro application of Tooth Mousse Plus.

Background: No published studies exist on the remineralizing potential of Tooth Mousse Plus (TMP) when applied for less than 3 min.

Aim: To evaluate (i) the remineralizing potential of TMP on artificial carious lesions, when applied thrice daily for 60 s, and (ii) the benefit of using a fluoridated dentifrice prior to TMP application.

Design: Carious lesions, 120-200 μm deep, were produced by placing molars in demineralizing solution for 96 h, and sections 100-150 μm thick were then randomly assigned to four groups.

Remineralizing potential of CPP-ACP applied for 1 min in vitro.

Aim: To evaluate (1) the remineralizing potential of Tooth Mousse(®) (TM) on artificial carious lesions, when applied for 1 min, and (2) the benefit of a fluoridated dentifrice prior to TM application.

Methods: Demineralisation caries-like lesions 120-200 μm deep were produced by placing molars in demineralizing solution for 96 h, sections 100-150 μm thick were then randomly assigned to four groups. Specimens were treated thrice daily with a non-fluoridated (Group A), or fluoridated dentifrice (1000 ppm) (Group B), or TM (Group C), or a fluoridated dentifrice followed by TM (Group D) then subjected to a 10-day pH cycling model.

Orofacial viral infections--an update for clinicians.

Unlabelled: Orofacial viral infections may be less common but appear in different clinical forms. Often these infections get initially treated by antibiotics which obviously will have limited or no effect. The authors review the current concepts of orofacial viral infections, causative agents, their classification and clinical manifestations and a basis for treatment.

Remineralization of initial enamel carious lesions using fluoridated milk in vitro.

Objectives: Milk is a universal dietary component and it is now recognized as an effective medium for the delivery of fluoride (F). This study sought (i) to evaluate fluoridated milk (2.5 ppm, 5 ppm, 10 ppm) for remineralizing carious lesions and (ii) to determine the optimum frequency for treating carious lesions with fluoridated milk.