How to choose toothpaste from caries: we choose the best option

It is quite difficult for an ordinary unprepared person to choose the right toothpaste for caries among their huge range in pharmacies. The variety of types and brands of toothpastes can confuse the buyer. Moreover, even the purchase of funds from the high price category does not guarantee that it will be effective in a particular case.

Moreover, some people do not bother to choose at all, and they take almost the first available and affordable option, or what is currently most advertised on TV. It is important to understand that sometimes such carelessness can lead to deterioration of the teeth. (for example, in an unjustified choice of a product with high abrasive properties or when choosing a paste with a high content of fluorine in the case when it is contraindicated).

Generally speaking, toothpaste for caries should be selected in consultation with the dentist.However, there are general rules for choosing the best option, guided by which you will be able to choose the toothpaste that is best suited for you.

It is important to understand that the best toothpaste for caries will be different for each person. The effectiveness of the paste depends largely on the individual characteristics of the person and the specificity of the cariogenic situation in his mouth.

Important!

Not every dentist will find out the causes of caries in a patient. Many doctors only treat teeth for caries, not trying to help with proper prophylaxis, and standard hygiene, heredity answer the questions ... Therefore, patients themselves need to go through a short educational program on the properties and types of toothpastes to be able to choose the best option at the pharmacy.

 

Requirements for tooth decay from caries

All toothpastes for caries on the market are therapeutic or hygienic. Hygiene products are mainly children's pastes, as there is nothing in them except cleansing components and some additional compounds that do not affect the purpose of their use.

Treatment-and-prophylactic toothpastes not only facilitate the treatment of caries, but also prevent its occurrence again. This effect can be achieved in different ways:

1. Fluoride and calcium compounds are designed to strengthen tooth enamel. They are recommended to be used with a weak mineralization of enamel, as the teeth in such cases are particularly susceptible to caries.
2. Toothpastes for caries, which contain antiseptics (for example, chlorhexidine), antibacterial enzymes (lactoperoxidase, lysozyme), or a special natural iron-containing protein lactoferrin - all of these substances prevent the reproduction of cariogenic bacteria.
3. Pastes with papain and hydrogen peroxide, as well as highly abrasive pastes help to remove plaque on the teeth and inhibit the formation of tartar.
4. Desensitizing pastes (for sensitive teeth), as well as pastes with reduced abrasiveness allow you to brush your teeth without undue stress on the enamel. Often, products from this group contain potassium ions, which reduce the sensitivity of nerves in dentine, sodium fluoride and strontium chloride, reducing the lumen of the dentinal tubules and the possibility of affecting sensory nerves, as well as calcium and fluorine compounds for remineralization of enamel.Good pastes of this type can solve two problems: to reduce the sensitivity of the teeth and to conduct additional mineralization of enamel to protect against caries.
5. Pastes with herbal ingredients for the treatment of gums (Paradonaks, Forest Balsam, etc.) They are prescribed to protect against caries in cases when patients, especially children, avoid brushing their teeth in the cervical area because of pain and easy damage to the gums, being afraid to injure the gum edges once again. As a result, bacteria quickly accumulate in these areas and caries develops - cervical and aproximal (contact), including multiple ones. Treatment of gums and the disappearance of pain syndrome allows for a thorough, high-quality cleaning of the entire tooth surface.

Important!

Special high abrasive whitening toothpastes should only be used under the supervision of a dentist. Incorrect, as well as too frequent or too long their use can lead to the effect opposite to the desired - the destruction of enamel and the rapid progression of caries.

In many modern pastes components and properties are combined.For example, there are pastes that both strengthen enamel and destroy bacteria. This makes it easier to care for your teeth for patients who know what tooth decay from caries they need.

From the practice of the dentist

I am now leading a patient (14 years old), in whom caries has developed amid gum inflammation and lack of hygiene. Depulpated 4 front teeth due to very deep carious processes and the initial stages of pulpitis. After placing the fillings on 50-80% of the tooth surface, he conducted professional hygiene and prescribed everything for gums + paste (Paradontax) ... I have not yet prescribed fluids with fluoride, but I will come in a month with pale pink gum and clean teeth.

 

Splat Pastes

There are more than 30 toothpastes in the Splat collection for almost any occasion, which allows dentists to choose from the company's products the most suitable for each patient. Interestingly, most of the company's products lack fluoride, so they are recommended for patients living in the Moscow, Tver, Tambov regions, in most of Siberia and in the Urals - everywhere,where the amount of fluoride in drinking water is so high.

Splat Liquid Gel is a paste intended to prevent the development of tartar and prevent caries.

It consists of papain, which prevents the formation of plaque and tartar, xylitol and antiseptic biosol, which reduce the activity of bacteria, as well as strengthening the enamel component Calcis. Splat Likvum-Gel paste is recommended for use with intensive formation of plaque on the teeth. The price of a 100-ml tube is about 150 rubles.

Splat Biocalcium is a paste intended to restore tooth enamel.

Low-abrasive, can be used for sensitive teeth, contains hydroxyapatite - a component of enamel, and papain to prevent the multiplication of bacteria on the treated teeth. It is used in case of weak mineralization of enamel and high sensitivity of teeth in the cervical area. A tube of pasta Splat Biocalcium per 100 ml costs about 100 rubles.

 

President Classic

One of the most versatile toothpastes in the lineup President - this is President Classic. This product contains fluoride to strengthen enamel, xylitol to protect against pathogenic microflora and chamomile and sage extracts for the prevention of inflammatory gum disease.

Pasta President Classic has an average abrasiveness, and is suitable for daily use in patients with normal tooth sensitivity. Good for both caries prevention, and in the complex treatment of caries at the stage of the stain.

 

Lacalut aktiv

Lacalut Aktiv paste is primarily intended for the treatment of periodontal disease, but due to special components it also has an anticariogenic effect. Her target audience - people with advanced caries, complicated by inflammation of the gums or patients after the treatment of subgingival caries.

The composition of Lacalut Aktiv includes aluminum fluoride to strengthen enamel, chlorhexidine as an antimicrobial component, as well as allantoin and bisabolol, contributing to the removal of inflammation.

Paste is not recommended to use constantly because of the possibility of suppressing beneficial microflora in the mouth. It is usually prescribed as part of a course for the treatment of periodontal disease for 1-2 weeks, and then replaced by means that can be used continuously.

Lacalut Aktiv costs about 150 rubles per 100 ml tube.

 

Elmex Protection against dental caries (from Colgate)

Elmex Paste Protection against caries is universal and well suited for everyday use.Its composition is based on aminofluoride, which strengthens the enamel and protects against caries.

At the same time, the paste is low abrasive and does not contain antiseptics, which allows it to be used for an indefinitely long time. It is suitable for those cases where a person does not have a pronounced predisposition to caries, and can be used as the main means of preventing this disease.

It is well combined with the specified paste Elmex rinser Protection against caries.

It contains all the same aminofluoride, due to which the effect of using toothpaste is enhanced (it is recommended to rinse your mouth once a day with a tablespoon of rinse immediately after brushing your teeth).

The price of pasta - from 300 rubles per 100-ml tube.

From the practice of the dentist

Toothpastes containing fluoride should not be used for fluorosis, a disease associated with a glut of fluoride in the tissues of the tooth. When choosing toothpastes containing mineral components (fluorine, calcium, phosphorus, etc.), you need to understand that no one has canceled the correct brushing technique. It is important to use the maximum manual skills: clean all available surfaces of the teeth forno less than 4-5 minutes with a toothbrush and toothpaste (2-3 times a day, and better after each meal), additionally use dental floss (soaked in fluorides) and rinses with fluorides.

It is desirable to coordinate the set of hygiene products with a dentist - therapist or hygienist. It is necessary to understand that even a very expensive toothpaste with a carefully verified combination of anti-caries compounds will not be effective without knowledge of the technique of home tooth cleaning. Training and hygiene control can be done at the dentist.

 

R.O.C.S. Caribbean summer is expensive and effective

R.O.C.S. Caribbean Summer is an adult-only toothpaste that has a complex effect on enamel and serves to effectively prevent caries. It includes:

1. Bromelain, effectively removing plaque in the early stages of its appearance;
2. Calcium glycerophosphate, which strengthens the enamel and reduces its susceptibility to the aggressive effects of acids produced by bacteria in the mouth;
3. Xylitol, which suppresses the reproduction of the bacteria themselves.

At the same time, the paste does not contain fluorine and has low abrasive properties,that allows you to use it with virtually no geographical restrictions (that is, even in those areas where there is so much fluoride in drinking water), as well as for patients with weak enamel.

The price of the paste is probably its only serious drawback - a 74-ml tube costs about 350 rubles.

 

Paste Glister: advantages and disadvantages

Perhaps, about one toothpaste do not argue its supporters and opponents so much as about Glister. Perhaps because it is manufactured by Amway, and its distributors extol this tool by analogy with other products they sell. But if you look at the properties of this paste as objectively as possible, then nothing extraordinary is found in it, although the paste has useful properties.

Glister contains fluoride and calcium compounds that strengthen the enamel. At the same time, the components of the paste have a reduced abrasiveness, which contributes to its use primarily with weak mineralization of enamel.

However, reviews of some consumers indicate an increase in tooth sensitivity when using Glister; therefore, it is worth using it for short courses and with an eye to your own feelings.

It is worth the Glister paste about 350 rubles per tube for 150 ml.

 

When choosing a toothpaste, you must also remember that it is impossible to impose sole responsibility on it for success in the prevention of caries. Even the best toothpaste for caries for a particular patient will be ineffective if you do not use it regularly and correctly. Only under the condition of compliance with systemic measures for caries protection - proper diet, diet, regular checkups at the dentist - the use of toothpaste will give the maximum result. Therefore, approach to caries protection comprehensively and responsibly.

 

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