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Dentifrices, mouthwashes, and remineralization/caries arrestment strategies

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Oral Health, July 2006
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Title
Dentifrices, mouthwashes, and remineralization/caries arrestment strategies
Published in
BMC Oral Health, July 2006
DOI 10.1186/1472-6831-6-s1-s9
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Authors

Domenick T Zero

Abstract

While our knowledge of the dental caries process and its prevention has greatly advanced over the past fifty years, it is fair to state that the management of this disease at the level of the individual patient remains largely empirical. Recommendations for fluoride use by patients at different levels of caries risk are mainly based on the adage that more is better. There is a general understanding that the fluoride compound, concentration, frequency of use, duration of exposure, and method of delivery can influence fluoride efficacy. Two important factors are (1) the initial interaction of relatively high concentrations of fluoride with the tooth surface and plaque during application and (2) the retention of fluoride in oral fluids after application. Fluoride dentifrices remain the most widely used method of delivering topical fluoride. The efficacy of this approach in preventing dental caries is beyond dispute. However, the vast majority of currently marketed dentifrice products have not been clinically tested and have met only the minimal requirements of the FDA monograph using mainly laboratory testing and animal caries testing. Daily use of fluoride dental rinses as an adjunct to fluoride dentifrice has been shown to be clinically effective as has biweekly use of higher concentration fluoride rinses. The use of remineralizing agents (other than fluoride), directed at reversing or arresting non-cavitated lesions, remains a promising yet largely unproven strategy. High fluoride concentration compounds, e.g., AgF, Ag(NH3)2F, to arrest more advanced carious lesions with and without prior removal of carious tissue are being used in several countries as part of the Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) approach. Most of the recent innovations in oral care products have been directed toward making cosmetic marketing claims. There continues to be a need for innovation and collaboration with other scientific disciplines to fully understand and prevent dental caries.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 1%
Chile 1 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Latvia 1 <1%
Unknown 189 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 26 13%
Student > Bachelor 24 12%
Student > Master 20 10%
Researcher 19 10%
Student > Postgraduate 14 7%
Other 36 18%
Unknown 57 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 99 51%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 5%
Chemistry 6 3%
Materials Science 6 3%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 5 3%
Other 11 6%
Unknown 59 30%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 October 2020.
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#3,179,428
of 22,775,504 outputs
Outputs from BMC Oral Health
#163
of 1,462 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#7,004
of 65,841 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Oral Health
#4
of 10 outputs
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