BACKGROUND Asthma is a chronic inflammatory condition affecting the airways leading to spasm and swelling of the airways. The medications taken for the treatment of asthma can result in dental erosion and dentin hypersensitivity. OBJECTIVES The aims of this study were to investigate the severity of dental erosion amongst adult asthmatics according to: gender, type and duration of medication t...

To compare the effect of bioavailable gluconate-chelated stannous fluoride (SnF2) toothpaste with control toothpastes for treatment dentine hypersensitivity (DH) and enamel erosion. A Procter & Gamble Oral Care archive clinical studies was reviewed from 2000 to 2020. Eligible were Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) investigating SnF2 efficacy compared controls in adult participants measured fo...

The scattering phase functions for HeNe-laser light of dentine sections 10-20 micron(s) thick were measured. The functions perpendicular to the tubules had first-order maxima at angles of 4 degrees for bovine dentine and 5 degrees for human dentine; those parallel to the tubules showed no first-order maxima. Several corrections were made before the asymmetry factors g for intertubular dentine w...

Liberation of the sequestrated bioactive molecules from dentine by the action of applied dental materials has been proposed as an important mechanism in inducing a dentinogenic response in teeth with viable pulps. Although adhesive restorations and dentine-bonding procedures are routinely practiced, clinical protocols to improve pulp protection and dentine regeneration are not currently driven ...

Rat odontoblasts were shown to synthesize and secrete gamma-carboxyglutamic acid(Gla)-containing proteins into dentine after organ culture in the presence of radiolabelled amino acid precursors. Purified dentine Gla-containing protein from rat incisors was used as antigen to prepare rabbit antisera as a probe of dentine Gla-containing-protein biosynthesis in organ cultures of dentine (rat incis...

Auto-degradation of collagen matrices occurs in resin-infiltrated dentine by the slow action of host-derived matrix metalloproteinases. As phosphoric acid-etching inactivates these endogenous enzymes, it is puzzling how hybrid layers created by simplified etch-and-rinse adhesives can degrade in vivo. This study tested the null hypothesis that there are no differences in the relative proteolytic...

Light and heat increase the reactivity of hydrogen peroxide. There is no evidence that light activation (power bleaching with high-intensity light) results in a more effective bleaching with a longer lasting effect with high concentrated hydrogen peroxide bleaching gels. Laser light differs from conventional light as it requires a laser-target interaction. The interaction takes place in the fir...

In order to endow environmental protection features to dentifrice, hydroxyapatite (HA) was added to ordinary dentifrice. The effects on dentinal tubule occlusion and surface mineralization were compared after brushing dentine discs with dentifrice with or without HA. The two types of dentifrice were then added to 100 µg/ml of hexavalent chromium cation (Cr(6+)) solution in order to evaluate the...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the changes in dentinal permeability (i.e. hydraulic conductance) after prophylactic treatment performed using prophy-powders with air-polishing system or prophy-pastes applied on exposed middle dentine. The changes in dentine morphology were evaluate by SEM. STUDY DESIGN Several prophylactic pastes or air-polishing powders were tested in t...