| Title |
Acidic oral moisturizers with pH below 6.7 may be harmful to teeth depending on formulation: a short report
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dentistry, August 2017
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| DOI | 10.2147/ccide.s140254 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Alex J Delgado, Vilhelm G Olafsson |
| Abstract |
Xerostomia affects 30% of the population and manifests as a side effect of medications, systemic diseases, or cancer therapy. Oral moisturizers are prescribed to overcome the ailments of dry mouth and its symptoms. It is imperative that these products help to restore hyposalivation and that they do not present any secondary effect that can harm oral health. It has been shown in the literature that some oral moisturizers may have an erosive potential due to their acidic pH, which is below the critical pH of dentin and enamel. The purpose of this paper was to make clinicians aware of the erosive potential of these products and make recommendations to manufactures for future formulations avoiding acidic pH. For this reason, care should be taken to formulate these products with safe pH values for both enamel and root dentin which, based on specific formulation should be around 6.7 or higher. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 40% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 20% |
| Canada | 2 | 20% |
| Italy | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 1 | 10% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 5 | 50% |
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| Unknown | 39 | 100% |
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| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 8 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 18% |
| Other | 2 | 5% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 5% |
| Professor | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Unknown | 15 | 38% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 36% |
| Chemical Engineering | 1 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 3% |
| Linguistics | 1 | 3% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 5 | 13% |
| Unknown | 16 | 41% |
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