A qualitative and quantitative study on the abrasivity of five Philippine-brand toothpastes
Acta Medica Philippina
;
: 100-105, 2021.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-959916
ABSTRACT
@#<p style="text-align justify;"><strong>Background:
</strong> Relative Dentin Abrasivity (RDA), as set by ISO 11609, is a standardized measurement on the abrasiveness of toothpaste. There are no published RDA values for Philippine-brand toothpastes. This study evaluated the degree of abrasion of five Philippine-brand toothpastes.</p><p style="text-align justify;"><strong>Objective:
</strong> To compare qualitatively and quantitatively the abrasivity of five Philippine-brand toothpastes (Brands X, U, H, HN, G) to two foreign-brand toothpastes Brand C (RDA 68) and Brand P (RDA 150).</p><p style="text-align justify;"><strong>Methods:
</strong> Twenty-four bovine dentin samples were brushed with a slurry of each of the toothpaste using a toothbrushing machine. A profilometer, scanning electron microscope and a visual measuring scope were used to determine abrasivity through the before-and-after-brushing surface roughness.</p><p style="text-align justify;"><strong>Results:
</strong> Ranked based on the difference of the means for surface roughness, before-and-after brushing, in decreasing order of abrasivity are Brands P, X, U, H, C, HN, and G. Using Dunn's test-post hoc test for Kruskal-Wallis test at p ? 0.05, we showed that the abrasivity of Brands G, H, and HN were not significantly different from Brand C, and Brand X was not significantly different from Brand P. Brand U was significantly less abrasive than Brand P and significantly more abrasive than Brand C.</p><p style="text-align justify;"><strong>Conclusion:
</strong> Brands G, H, and HN can be considered as low-abrasive toothpastes, Brand X a high abrasive toothpaste, and with Brand U was unclear as to category. Findings from qualitative data support the quantitative data.</p>
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Tooth Abrasion
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Toothpastes
/
Dentin
Language:
English
Journal:
Acta Medica Philippina
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
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