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Trial reportJournal of periodontology2023

A randomized double-blind clinical trial evaluating comparative plaque and gingival health associated with commercially available stannous fluoride-containing dentifrices as compared to a sodium fluoride control dentifrice.

Maria L Geisinger, Nicolaas C Geurs, Brian Novy, Joan Otomo-Corgel, Charles M Cobb, Peter L Jacobsen, Thair Takesh, Petra Wilder-Smith

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Trial report in Journal of periodontology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Maria L GeisingerDepartment of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0383-7079
Nicolaas C GeursDepartment of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Brian NovySchool of Dental Medicine, Harvard University, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Joan Otomo-CorgelDepartment of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Charles M CobbDepartment of Periodontology, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0844-2738
Peter L JacobsenArthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California, USA.
Thair TakeshDepartment of Dentistry, Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Center, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
Petra Wilder-SmithDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · USBeckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic · USHarvard University · USUniversity of California, Irvine · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USUniversity of Missouri–Kansas City · USUniversity of the Pacific · US

Funding

Univ.of Calif., Irvine Cancer Center Support GrantP30CA062203 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI Melanie Funes · 1994 to 2026
$57.9M
Virtual Photonocs TechnologiesP41EB015890 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI DURKIN, ANTHONY · 2012 to 2017
$7.0M
Low-cost Mobile Oral Cancer Screening for Low Resource SettingUH2EB022623 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI LIANG, RONGGUANG · 2016 to 2017
$996k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA062203NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB015890NIBIB NIH HHS UH2 EB022623
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGingivitis is a non-specific inflammatory lesion in response to the accumulation of oral biofilm and is a necessary precursor to periodontitis. Enhanced oral hygiene practices, including utilization of a dentifrice that could significantly improve plaque accumulation and gingival inflammation, is desirable to prevent and treat gingivitis and potentially prevent progression to periodontitis. This clinical study aimed to investigate the effect of a new stannous fluoride-containing dentifrice with 2.6% ethylenediamine tetra acetic acid (EDTA) as an anti-tartar agent to reduce plaque index and gingival index over a 3-month study period compared to other commercially-available fluoride-containing dentifrices.

methodsThis double-blind, randomized controlled clinical study evaluated plaque, gingival inflammation, and sulcular bleeding in patients using one of five commercially available fluoride-containing dentifrices The dentifrices tested contained: 0.454% stannous fluoride and 2.6% EDTA (D1), 0.24% sodium fluoride (C), and 0.454% stannous fluoride (D2-D4). One hundred fifty subjects participated over a 3-month period. Co-primary endpoints were improvements in plaque index (PI) and modified gingival index (mGI) from baseline values. No professional cleaning was performed during the study period.

resultsAll subjects in the study demonstrated statistically significant improvements in all measures of oral hygiene over the 3-month study period. Subjects using dentifrice 1 (D1) showed statistically significantly greater reductions in PI, mGI, and modified sulcular bleeding index (mSBI) compared with all other commercially-available dentifrices tested (p < 0.00001).

conclusionsA new dentifrice with 0.454% stannous fluoride and 2.6% EDTA demonstrated significant improvements in clinical parameters associated with gingivitis compared to other sodium and stannous fluoride containing dentifrices.

Indexed as

Dental PlaqueDentifricesGingivitisAnalysis of VarianceDental Plaque IndexDouble-Blind MethodEdetic AcidFluoridesHumansInflammationSodium FluorideTin FluoridesDentifricesEdetic AcidFluoridesSodium FluorideTin Fluoridesbleedinggingivitisinflammationoral hygieneplaque controlprevention

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PMCPMC10524004
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