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Acidic oral moisturizers with pH below 6.7 may be harmful to teeth depending on formulation: a short report

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dc.contributor Háskóli Íslands
dc.contributor University of Iceland
dc.contributor.author Delgado, Alex J
dc.contributor.author Olafsson, Vilhelm
dc.date.accessioned 2017-10-02T13:52:54Z
dc.date.available 2017-10-02T13:52:54Z
dc.date.issued 2017-08
dc.identifier.citation Alex J. Delgado, Vilhelm G. Ólafsson. (2017). Acidic oral moisturizers with pH below 6.7 may be harmful to teeth depending on formulation: a short report, 9, 81-83. doi:10.2147/CCIDE.S140254
dc.identifier.issn 1179-1357
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/417
dc.description.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
dc.format.extent 81-83
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Dove Medical Press Ltd.
dc.relation.ispartofseries Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dentistry;9
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject Oral moisturizers
dc.subject pH
dc.subject Erosion
dc.subject Caries
dc.subject Xerostomia
dc.subject Dry mouth
dc.subject Tannlækningar
dc.subject Tannskemmdir
dc.subject Munnhol
dc.subject Munnþurrkur
dc.title Acidic oral moisturizers with pH below 6.7 may be harmful to teeth depending on formulation: a short report
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dc.description.version Peer Reviewed
dc.identifier.journal Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dentistry
dc.identifier.doi 10.2147/CCIDE.S140254
dc.contributor.department Tannlæknadeild (HÍ)
dc.contributor.department Faculty of Odontology (UI)
dc.contributor.school Heilbrigðisvísindasvið (HÍ)
dc.contributor.school School of Health Sciences (UI)


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