Antibacterial Effect and Substantivity of Toothpaste Slurries In Vivo.

Arweiler, Nicole Birgit; Grelle, Friederike; Sculean, Anton; Heumann, Christian; Auschill, Thorsten M (2018). Antibacterial Effect and Substantivity of Toothpaste Slurries In Vivo. Oral health & preventive dentistry, 16(2), pp. 175-181. Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH 10.3290/j.ohpd.a40310

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PURPOSE

This double-blind, clinical, cross-over study evaluated the antibacterial effect of three toothpastes (ASF, HTP and STP) and a chlorhexidine mouthrinse (0.2%; CHX; positive control) after a single application on established biofilm over a period of 24 h (substantivity).

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Twenty-four subjects refrained from all oral hygiene measures for a period of 72 h. After 48 h, a baseline biofilm sample was taken and vitality of the biofilm flora was examined (baseline, VF0). Then they rinsed for 1 min with one of the randomly allocated, freshly prepared toothpaste slurries (ASF, HTP, STP) or CHX. Further biofilm samples were taken every second hour up to 14 h as well as 24 h after rinsing, and biofilm vitality was assessed (VF2-24). After a wash-out period of 4 days, a new test cycle was started.

RESULTS

All subjects (18 female, 6 male) finished the four test cycles. At VF2, all products showed a statistically significant reduction in vitality compared to VF0 (p<0.05). CHX and ASF revealed the most pronounced effect (49% and 40% reduction), while the other toothpastes (HTP: 24%, STP: 11%) reached lower but still statistically significant effects. At each further time point CHX and ASF showed the lowest biofilm vitality. ASF demonstrated a significant antibacterial effect on dental biofilm over a 24-h period compared to baseline and superiority over both other toothpastes at time points VF2-VF14.

CONCLUSION

ASF toothpaste showed a significant antibacterial action on biofilm and a high substantivity which was maintained up to 24 hours.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Department of Periodontology

UniBE Contributor:

Sculean, Anton

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1602-1622

Publisher:

Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH

Language:

English

Submitter:

Doris Burri

Date Deposited:

26 Jun 2019 12:22

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:25

Publisher DOI:

10.3290/j.ohpd.a40310

PubMed ID:

29736497

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.125305

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/125305

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