Influence of fluorine-xylitol complex in the dental plaque and gingival bleeding control in herbiatric patients with fixed orthodontic brace

Fabíola ELIAS, Arnaldo PINZAN, José Roberto de Magalhães BASTOS

Aim: to evaluate the effects of a dentifrice containing fluorine/xylitol in the reduction of the adhesion of the plaque to the dental structure, as well as in the gingival bleeding index in patients who had orthodontic braces. Methods: 22 teenagers, in between 14 and 17 years old were evaluated. After the initial quantification of the indexes, they received instructions of brushing and started to use only the dentifrices from the research. There was a random division of the sample into two groups, A and B. In the first week, they all used a standard dentifrice and since the second week the teenagers from group A received a dentifrice with fluorine, while the ones from group B received a dentifrice containing the fluorine-xylitol complex, using for 28 days, when they were evaluated again (T1). There was an inversion of dentifrices for second phase. Results: the results were compared intra-groups and in both groups there was a statistically significant reduction between phases initial and T1, initial and T2 and between T1 and T2. However, comparing the groups, there was no statistically significant difference between them, though the dentifrice containing fluorine/ xylitol provided a percentage of reduction of gingival bleeding index bigger than the one containing only sodium fluoride, specially between phases initial and T2, where reduction in group A was 90.13% and in group B was 78.84%. Conclusion: the utilization of dentifrice containing fluorine and xylitol, associated to instruction and motivation, seems to be a promising resource for maintenance of oral health in orthodontic patients.

Keywords: Fixed orthodontic appliance. Dentifrice. Xylitol. Herbiatric patients. Dental plaque. Gingival bleeding.

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