EVALUATION OF PROPHYLAXIS PASTES AND TROPICAL APPLICATIONS PREPARED WITH X-14 STANNOUS FLUORIDE SOLUTION,
Abstract
A stock solution of stannous fluoride was aged over a period of 8 weeks and tested at intervals as a base solution for the preparation of 10% stannous fluoride topical solution and, when added to silex, as a component of a prophylaxis paste. The compatibility of this solution was tested with four pumice and with silex in fully prepared prophylaxis pastes. The pumice contained approximately 7.0% stannous fluoride; the silex paste, about 3.7%. Performance of the test preparations was based upon the amounts of phosphorous withdrawn from enamel surfaces by 0.025 M lactic acid both before and after the test treatment. Protection afforded by the 10% stannous fluoride topical application ranged from 68.3 to 78.8%. Silex prophylaxis paste prepared from aging stock solution provided protection of from 68.2 to 79.1%. The flour pumice paste, aged as mixed, was 71.6 to 82.8% effective, while a comparable silex paste reduced enamel solubility by 67.9 to 76.9%. There was no apparent deleterious effect of age on any of the preparations tested. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0431111
Entities
People
- Ira L. Shannon
Organizations
- United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine