Effect of Commercially Available Colgate Sugar Acid Neutralizer Toothpaste on Salivary and Plaque ph: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction: Salivary and plaque pH is the important parameter affecting the carious process. The new Colgate sugar acid neutralizer maximum cavity protection toothpaste is a new technology of toothpaste that claims to fight against cavities. So the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of commercially available new Colgate sugar acid neutralizer maximum cavity protection on plaque and salivary pH. Materials and methods: Dental students were randomly allocated to either to Colgate sugar acid neutralizer toothpaste (group1, n=16) and to Colgate cibaca group (group2, n=15). Baseline plaque and salivary pH (pre- brushing) were recorded for all the study subjects and compared with the pre-brushing and post-brushing pH after 1 month intervention with the assigned toothpaste. Plaque and saliva pH were measured using a portable pH meter. Results: There was no statistically significant increase in the mean plaque and salivary pH value between baseline and pre-brushing mean pH value after 1 month intervention in both the groups. But there was a statistically significant rise in mean salivary and plaque pH value between pre-brushing and post-brushing (after intervention) in the new colgate group (group 1) which was not statistically significant in group 2. Conclusion: The pH of plaque and saliva increases after brushing in each commercially available dentifrice group. But the pH rise was higher and statistically significant with group 1.This shows that toothpaste with arginine and fluoride which is present in the new toothpaste, had an influence on the increase of pH value.
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Ajith Krishnan CG, Priya Gurnani, Ankit Shah, Abhishek Ghosh, Himanshu Shrivastava, Rajendra Gurnani
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