Oral Care
Dental Associations
Companies working in the Oral Care Industry
Cavity Protection/Treatment:
Dental caries is characterized by dissolution of the mineral portion of the tooth, which can result in pain and loss of viability of the tooth, necessitating costly report or extraction of the tooth. Various methods have been developed to prevent dental caries including the addition of sodium fluoride, sodium silicofluoride and hydrofluosilicic acid to drinking water and sodium fluoride or tin fluoride to topical preaprations including mouthrinses. Coating teeth with polymeric materials or sealants has also been used although these techniques are costly, can require etching of the teeth with phosphoric acid and can be effective only in young children who have not yet developed caries. Antibacterial agents which kill microorganisms that are responsible for producing acid in the mouth has also been used. But antibiotics are not selective in the killing of oral bacteria and also kill benefiical bacterial present in the oral cavity.
Teeth whitening Tips: --strawberries and apples contain malic acid, a natural stain remover. The citric acid in limons can also brighten teeth. --chewing on raw fruits and vetables, --sugarless gum, --avoid coffee, red wine and dark soft drinks or use a straw to reduce the liquid's contact with teeth, --brutsh with baking soda twice a month.
Periodontitis:
Tooth loss is the ultimate determinetal effect of destructive periodontal disease. Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is the principal etiologic agent of early onset periodontitis but other select microorganisms also play a role.
Probiotics: are viable single or mixed culture microroganisms which when applied beneficially affect their host by imporving the properites of the indigenous microflora. Researchers/companies are now looking at administering to a subject a composition comprising one or more isolated S. oralis strains and/or one or more isolated S.uberis strains and one or more isolated mutans streptococcus strains, wehre the mutans streptococcus strains are lactate dehydrogenase-deficint in order to maintain oral health which includes the treatment, prevention, or toh of periodontitis and dental carries. See US Patent Publication No 2006/0246015A1
