Dentinal tubules occluded by bioactive glass-containing toothpaste exhibit high resistance toward acidic soft drink challenge

• Main Authors: Bakri, Marina Mohd, Hossain, Mohammad Zakir, Razak, Fathilah Abdul, Saqina, Z.H., Misroni, A.A., Ab-Murat, Norintan, Kitagawa, J., Saub, Roslan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Practice of dentistry. Dental economics
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/17786/1/00001571_143901.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/17786/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/adj.12484/abstract

Background: Dentine hypersensitivity is a common problem attributed by patent dentinal tubules. Ingredients incorporated in toothpastes aim to occlude patent dentinal tubules to minimize the dentine hypersensitivity. However, frequent consumption of acidic soft drinks may reverse the dentinal tubule...