An in situ study investigating dentine tubule occlusion of dentifrices following acid challenge

Olley, R. C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1257-6835, Pilecki, P., Hughes, N., Jeffery, P., Austin, R. S., Moazzez, R. and Bartlett, D. 2012. An in situ study investigating dentine tubule occlusion of dentifrices following acid challenge. Journal of Dentistry 40 (7) , pp. 585-593. 10.1016/j.jdent.2012.03.008

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Abstract

Objectives To investigate the dentine occlusion and acid resistance of dentifrices developed to treat dentine hypersensitivity. Methods This was a single centre, single blind, randomised, split mouth, four treatments, two period crossover, in situ study in healthy subjects. Subjects wore buccal intra-oral appliances each fitted with four dentine samples over four consecutive days with one study product applied per appliance; 8% strontium acetate in silica base, 1040 ppm sodium fluoride (Sensodyne® Rapid Relief), 8% arginine, calcium carbonate, 1450 ppm sodium monofluorophosphate (Colgate Sensitive Pro-Relief®), 1450 ppm sodium fluoride (control paste) and water. On days 3 and 4, two agitated grapefruit juice challenges (ex vivo) occurred for 1 min. At the end of each treatment day 1 dentine sample was removed from each appliance for scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The extent of tubule occlusion was measured using an examiner-based visual scoring index (three trained examiners). Results In total, 28 subjects ((12 males and 16 females with a mean age of 34.7 years (SD 8.41 years)) completed the study. On day 2, both test dentifrices demonstrated significantly better dentine tubule occlusion than water (p < 0.0001) and control paste (8% strontium p = 0.0003 and 8% arginine p = 0.0019). After 3 and 4 days of twice daily brushing with acid challenges on days 3 and 4 the strontium-based dentifrice demonstrated significantly better dentine occlusion than all other treatments (p < 0.0001). Conclusions Strontium acetate and arginine-based dentifrice result in statistically significant dentine tubular occlusion compared to controls, but the arginine-based dentifrice is more susceptible to acid challenge. Clinical significance Erosive beverages are an important aetiology in DH by exposing dentine tubules. Their consumption has increased significantly over the past decade in the UK. This 4-day in situ study investigated the properties of commercially available dentifrices designed to occlude dentine tubules and their resistance to an agitated acid challenge.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Dentistry
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISBN:	03005712
ISSN:	0300-5712
Date of Acceptance:	20 March 2012
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2022 10:31
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/132534

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