Toothpaste is a common product in our families and people hardly care to know about the product which ‘they are using. Toothpaste is an agent used as an effective home care system. It is a paste or gel dentifrice used with a toothbrush as an accessory to clean and maintain the aesthetics and health of teeth by the patients to enhance oral hygiene. Toothpaste is used to promote oral hygiene. Alt...

Introduction: Candida albicans is the most common oral fungus associated with oral candidial infections. Various antifungal agents are in use and the search is on for more agents showing anti candidial properties. Ganodermalucidum has been in use in Traditional Chinese Medicine for years. Literature supports the use of this Ganodermalucidum as a medicinal mushroom for its antimicrobial, antivir...

A rapid method for determining diethylene glycol (DEG) in toothpaste based on the use of ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) coupled to time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOF-MS) has been developed. The method has been validated in toothpaste samples spiked at different levels, 0.005, 0.1 and 5%, obtaining satisfactory recoveries (74-98%) and relative standard deviations (<4%). Quanti...

Aim. To examine the potential of Pudilan Keyanning toothpaste (PKT) to treat minor aphthous ulcers (MiAU). Method. A double-blind clinical trial was conducted in which 80 volunteers were randomly assigned to the PKT group (N = 40) or the control group (N = 40). The control group used a placebo toothpaste containing no Pudilan extract. At baseline, after 3 days, and after 6 days the following pa...

This study aimed to investigate the free calcium released from different brands of toothpaste after incorporation with a beta-tricalcium phosphate (?-TCP)/amorphous (ACP) mixed powder and ?-TCP alone. Four were used for experiment: Nano-Bio Activation Toothpaste, Colgate Total Advanced Whitening BORONIA Herbal Whitening, BioMin F. The investigated ACP powders prepared by two-step sintering meth...

OBJECTIVE To assess fluoride (F-) intake from water and toothpaste by children aged 18 to 36 months and to monitor the F- concentrations in the drinking water system in a tropical city of Brazil. METHODS Children (n=58) aged 18-36 months, all lifetime residents of Penedo, state of Alagoas, Brazil, participated in this study. Water F- analyses were carried out in 7 different occasions at least...

The aim was to synthesize a toothpaste and analyze its effect on surface micro-hardness roughness of enamel. Basic paste prepared by using basic ingredients. Theobromine (0.2 wt%) laboratory synthesized fluoridated-bioactive glass (F-BG, 4 were added it. Post-demineralization, 36 enamel blocks divided into six groups that brushed with their respective toothpaste+artificial saliva (AS): group 1 ...