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Necessity to review the Brazilian regulation about fluoride toothpastes

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Necessity to review the Brazilian regulation about fluoride toothpastes
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Revista de Saúde Pública, October 2015
DOI 10.1590/s0034-8910.2015049005768
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the adequacy of the Brazilian legislation about fluoride toothpaste. A search was conducted in LILACS, Medline and SciELO databases about the fluoride concentration found in Brazilians toothpastes, using descriptors on health. Publications since 1981 have shown that some Brazilian toothpastes are not able to maintain, during their expiration time, a minimum of 1,000 ppm F of soluble fluoride in the formulation. However, the Brazilian regulation (ANVISA, Resolution 79, August 28, 2000) only sets the maximum total fluoride (0.15%; 1,500 ppm F) that a toothpaste may contain but not the minimum concentration of soluble fluoride that it should contain to have anticaries potential, which according to systematic reviews should be 1,000 ppm F. Therefore, the Brazilian regulation on fluoride toothpastes needs to be revised to assure the efficacy of those products for caries control.

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Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 66 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 9 14%
Student > Master 7 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 9%
Professor > Associate Professor 6 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 6%
Other 15 23%
Unknown 19 29%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 35 53%
Unspecified 2 3%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 3%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 3%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 2%
Other 6 9%
Unknown 18 27%