Use of dentifrices to prevent erosive tooth wear: harmful or helpful?
Dental erosion is the loss of dental hard tissues caused by non-bacterial acids. Due to acid contact, the tooth surface becomes softened and more prone to abrasion from toothbrushing. Dentifrices containing different active agents may be helpful in allowing rehardening or in increasing surface resis...
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author | Ana Carolina Magalhães Annette Wiegand Marília Afonso Rabelo Buzalaf |
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description | Dental erosion is the loss of dental hard tissues caused by non-bacterial acids. Due to acid contact, the tooth surface becomes softened and more prone to abrasion from toothbrushing. Dentifrices containing different active agents may be helpful in allowing rehardening or in increasing surface resistance to further acidic or mechanical impacts. However, dentifrices are applied together with brushing and, depending on how and when toothbrushing is performed, as well as the type of dentifrice and toothbrush used, may increase wear. This review focuses on the potential harmful and helpful effects associated with the use of dentifrices with regard to erosive wear. While active ingredients like fluorides or agents with special anti-erosive properties were shown to offer some degree of protection against erosion and combined erosion/abrasion, the abrasive effects of dentifrices may increase the surface loss of eroded teeth. However, most evidence to date comes from in vitro and in situ studies, so clinical trials are necessary for a better understanding of the complex interaction of active ingredients and abrasives and their effects on erosive tooth wear. |
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spelling | doaj.art-802a7106ed5641c1810ad5badc27908d2022-12-22T01:43:51ZengSociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa OdontológicaBrazilian Oral Research1807-31072014-01-0128spe1610.1590/S1806-83242013005000035S1806-83242014000200004Use of dentifrices to prevent erosive tooth wear: harmful or helpful?Ana Carolina MagalhãesAnnette WiegandMarília Afonso Rabelo BuzalafDental erosion is the loss of dental hard tissues caused by non-bacterial acids. Due to acid contact, the tooth surface becomes softened and more prone to abrasion from toothbrushing. Dentifrices containing different active agents may be helpful in allowing rehardening or in increasing surface resistance to further acidic or mechanical impacts. However, dentifrices are applied together with brushing and, depending on how and when toothbrushing is performed, as well as the type of dentifrice and toothbrush used, may increase wear. This review focuses on the potential harmful and helpful effects associated with the use of dentifrices with regard to erosive wear. While active ingredients like fluorides or agents with special anti-erosive properties were shown to offer some degree of protection against erosion and combined erosion/abrasion, the abrasive effects of dentifrices may increase the surface loss of eroded teeth. However, most evidence to date comes from in vitro and in situ studies, so clinical trials are necessary for a better understanding of the complex interaction of active ingredients and abrasives and their effects on erosive tooth wear.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242014000200004&lng=en&tlng=enTooth ErosionTooth AbrasionDentifrices |
spellingShingle | Ana Carolina Magalhães Annette Wiegand Marília Afonso Rabelo Buzalaf Use of dentifrices to prevent erosive tooth wear: harmful or helpful? Brazilian Oral Research Tooth Erosion Tooth Abrasion Dentifrices |
title | Use of dentifrices to prevent erosive tooth wear: harmful or helpful? |
title_full | Use of dentifrices to prevent erosive tooth wear: harmful or helpful? |
title_fullStr | Use of dentifrices to prevent erosive tooth wear: harmful or helpful? |
title_full_unstemmed | Use of dentifrices to prevent erosive tooth wear: harmful or helpful? |
title_short | Use of dentifrices to prevent erosive tooth wear: harmful or helpful? |
title_sort | use of dentifrices to prevent erosive tooth wear harmful or helpful |
topic | Tooth Erosion Tooth Abrasion Dentifrices |
url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242014000200004&lng=en&tlng=en |
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