TY - JOUR
T1 - White spot lesion remineralization by sugar-free chewing gum containing bio-available calcium and fluoride
T2 - A double-blind randomized controlled trial
AU - Sugiura, Miho
AU - Kitasako, Yuichi
AU - Sadr, Alireza
AU - Shimada, Yasushi
AU - Sumi, Yasunori
AU - Tagami, Junji
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (No. 25462946 and No. 16K11541 ) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); a Research Grant for Longevity Sciences (21A-8) from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare . The author(s) declare no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Objectives To assess the effect of chewing gum containing phosphoryl oligosaccharides of calcium (POs-Ca) and fluoride on white spot lesion (WSL) remineralization in comparison with POs-Ca or placebo (control) chewing gums, in double- blind, randomized, controlled trial. Methods Thirty-seven healthy subjects, who had at least one WSL, with an ICDAS score of 2 or 1, were recruited for this study. The subjects were randomly divided into three groups (control, POs-Ca, POs-Ca + F) and chewed two slabs of each gum three times every day for 3 months. WSLs were assessed using ICDAS criteria and optical boundary depth (BD) by optical coherence tomography (OCT) system at a monthly recall. Data were analyzed by Wilcoxon rank-sum test and Wilcoxon signed rank test with Bonferroni corrections at 0.05 significance level. Results Visual score changes from ICDAS score 2 to score 1 over the course of the study were observed; control (30%), POs-Ca (48%) and POs-Ca + F (45%). Unlike the control gum, chewing POs-Ca and POs-Ca + F gums resulted in significant changes in the mean value of BD over the 3 months course of the study (p < 0.05). There was a significant difference in mean value of BD after first month between POs-Ca + F and control groups (p < 0.05). Conclusions This study highlighted the importance of calcium and fluoride ion bioavailability in the reinforcement of demineralized enamel lesions by chewing gums. Furthermore, adding fluoride to POs-Ca might speed up the remineralization progress on natural WSL.
AB - Objectives To assess the effect of chewing gum containing phosphoryl oligosaccharides of calcium (POs-Ca) and fluoride on white spot lesion (WSL) remineralization in comparison with POs-Ca or placebo (control) chewing gums, in double- blind, randomized, controlled trial. Methods Thirty-seven healthy subjects, who had at least one WSL, with an ICDAS score of 2 or 1, were recruited for this study. The subjects were randomly divided into three groups (control, POs-Ca, POs-Ca + F) and chewed two slabs of each gum three times every day for 3 months. WSLs were assessed using ICDAS criteria and optical boundary depth (BD) by optical coherence tomography (OCT) system at a monthly recall. Data were analyzed by Wilcoxon rank-sum test and Wilcoxon signed rank test with Bonferroni corrections at 0.05 significance level. Results Visual score changes from ICDAS score 2 to score 1 over the course of the study were observed; control (30%), POs-Ca (48%) and POs-Ca + F (45%). Unlike the control gum, chewing POs-Ca and POs-Ca + F gums resulted in significant changes in the mean value of BD over the 3 months course of the study (p < 0.05). There was a significant difference in mean value of BD after first month between POs-Ca + F and control groups (p < 0.05). Conclusions This study highlighted the importance of calcium and fluoride ion bioavailability in the reinforcement of demineralized enamel lesions by chewing gums. Furthermore, adding fluoride to POs-Ca might speed up the remineralization progress on natural WSL.
KW - Chewing gum
KW - Double-blind
KW - Enamel
KW - Randomized controlled trial
KW - Remineralization
KW - White spot
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jdent.2016.09.003
DO - 10.1016/j.jdent.2016.09.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 27639827
AN - SCOPUS:84994885675
VL - 54
SP - 86
EP - 91
JO - Journal of Dentistry
JF - Journal of Dentistry
SN - 0300-5712
ER -