1. BY:
KANAGES SEELAN

3. According to American Dental Association
Council on Dental Therapeutics:
“ A dentifrices is a substance used with a
toothbrush for the purpose of cleaning
the accessible surface of the teeth”

4. Webster described the term
Dentifrices as derived from Dens
(tooth ) and fricare ( to rub )

5. 1. Cosmetic Dentifrices
It must clean and polish teeth
2. Therapeutic Dentifrices
Must reduce some disease process
( caries, gingivitis, calculus, sensitivity)
in mouth

7.  PASTES
 TOOTH POWDER
 GELS

9. The functions of toothpaste in conjunction with
tooth brushing are:
 Minimizing plaque build up
 Anti-caries action
 Removal of stains
 Mouth freshner

11.  Amount of toothpaste or gel needed for
effective cleaning is per sized dab on the top
half of the toothbrush
 Dentifrice should preferably dispersed in
between bristles rather than on the tips
 Children under 6 years of age should only be
given half the amount of dentifrice as compared
to that of an adult

13. AGENTS MATERIAL USED FUNCTIONS
1.Polishing/Abrasives Calcium carbonate These agents have a mild
agents Dicalcium phosphate dihydrate abrasive action, which aids
Alumina in eliminating plaque
Silica and removing stains from
tooth surface.
2.Binding/Thickening Water soluble agents Agents which controls
agents a. Alginates stability and consistency
b. Sodium carboxymethyl celluose of a tooth paste.
Water insoluble
a. Magnesium aluminium silicate
b.Colloidal silica
c.Sodium magnesium silicate
3. Detergent/Surfactans Sodium lauryl surface Produce the foam which
aids in the removal of food
debris and also despersion
of product within mouth.
4. Humectants Sorbitol Aids in reducing loss of
Glycerin moisture from toothpaste.
Polyethylene glycol

14. 5. Flavouring agents Peppermint oil They render the product
Spearmint oil pleasant to use and leaves
Oil of wintergreen a fresh taste in mouth
after use.
6. Sweeteners and Saccharin Sweetener
Coloring agents
7. Antibacterial agents Ticlosan
Delmopinol
Metallic ions
Zinc citrase trihydrate
8. Anticalculus agents Pyrophosphate Anticalculus agents are
Zinc citrate mostly designed to inhibit
Zinc chloride the mineralization of plaque.
Gantrez acid(copolymer They are also known as
of methyl vinyl ether and maleic crystal growth inhibitors.
anhydride)
9. Anticaries agents Sodium monoflurophosphate
Sodium flouride
Stannous flouride
10. Diesensitizing agents Sodium flouride
Potassium nitrate
Strontium chloride

15. 1. A single brushing with a full ribbon of paste on a
brush head provides about one gram (equivalent
10ml) of toothpaste and will expose an individual
to approximately 1mg.F. It is only when
substantial, quantities of paste are eaten by
children, who may experience the phenomenon of
pica that the acute toxicity of flouride dentifrices
must be considered.

16. 2. Detergents and flavouring oils in dentifrices,
however irritate the stomach when ingested in
large amounts and cause vomiting. Also
abrasives may interfere with complete
intestinal absorption of flouride from
toothpaste. Thus a child is unlikely to receive a
highly toxic amount of flouride from eating a
family sized tube of dentifrice. The Food and
Drug Administation advisory review panel on
over the counter(OTC) anticaries drugs has
recommended that flouride content of
dentifrice containers be limited to 260mg of
flouride.

17. Therefore, parents should make sure a pea
sized portion of flouride paste is on the child’s
toothbrush and remind the child to rinse and
spit.

18.  Toothpaste for children
 Natural toothpaste( Herbal toothpaste )
 Whitening toothpaste ( as it contains highly
abrasive silica particles not recommended
for regular use )

20. 1. Essentials of Preventive Community Dentistry
( Public Health Dentistry)
4th edition
Soben Peter
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