Chemical and physical factors of desensitizing and/or anti-erosive toothpastes associated with lower erosive tooth wear.

ABSTRACT: Toothpastes have a complex formulation and their different chemical and physical factors will influence their effectiveness against erosive tooth wear (ETW). We, therefore, investigated the effect of different desensitizing and/or anti-erosive toothpastes on initial enamel erosion and abrasion, and analysed how the interplay of their chemical and physical factors influences ETW. Human enamel specimens were submitted to 5 erosion-abrasion cycles using 9 different toothpastes and an artificial saliva group, and enamel surface loss (SL) was calculated. Chemical and physical factors (pH; presence of tin; calcium, phosphate and fluoride concentrations; % weight of solid particles; wettability; and particle size) of the toothpaste slurries were then analysed and associated with the amount of SL

SUBMITTER: Joao-Souza SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5738370 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature