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Randomized in situ clinical study comparing the ability of two new desensitizing toothpaste technologies to occlude patent dentin tubules

West, N.X., Macdonald, E.L., Jones, S.B., Claydon, N.C.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4151-1515, Hughes, N. and Jeffery, P. 2011. Randomized in situ clinical study comparing the ability of two new desensitizing toothpaste technologies to occlude patent dentin tubules. Journal of Clinical Dentistry 22 (3) , pp. 82-89.

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To compare the ability of two new desensitizing toothpaste technologies (one a 5% NovaMin-based toothpaste and the other an 8% arginine-based toothpaste) to occlude patent dentin tubules in a clinical environment relative to a negative control of water and a control toothpaste after four days of twice-daily brushing and dietary acidic challenges. METHODS: The study design was a single-center, single-blind, randomized, split-mouth, four-treatment, two-period, crossover, in situ clinical study. Healthy subjects wore two lower intra-oral appliances, retaining four dentin samples for four treatment days for each period of the clinical study. Samples were brushed twice daily with a test product (days 1-4), with an additional acidic challenge introduced on two selective days. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images were taken of the dentin surface, and dentinal tubule occlusion assessed using a categorical scale. RESULTS: The results demonstrated that the 5% NovaMin toothpaste was statistically superior at occluding patent dentin tubules compared to water (p = 0.009) and the control toothpaste (p = 0.02) at day 4. In contrast, the treatment effect resulting from the 8% arginine toothpaste did not demonstrate the same degree of occlusive propensity, showing no significant difference to the water and control toothpaste at the day 4 time point. CONCLUSION: Application of the 5% NovaMin toothpaste to dentin showed better dentin tubule occlusion and retention abilities in an oral environment under dietary acid challenge conditions, more so than the 8% arginine toothpaste technology. Given modern dietary habits and practices, these results highlight differences in the acid resistance properties of occlusion technologies, and a potential impact on clinical performance.

Item Type: Article
Status: Published
Schools: Dentistry
Publisher: Stephen M Siegel Publisher
ISSN: 0895-8831
Last Modified: 24 Oct 2022 08:32
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/118037

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