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Colgate PreviDent 5000 Plus (Rx only)

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INDICATIONS AND USAGE:

A dental caries preventive; for once daily self-applied topical use. It is well established that 1.1% sodium fluoride is safe and extraordinarily effective as a caries preventive when applied frequently with mouthpiece applicators.4-7 PreviDent 5000 Plus (Rx) brand of 1.1% sodium fluoride in a squeeze-tube is easily applied onto a toothbrush. This prescription dental cream should be used once daily in place of your regular toothpaste unless otherwise instructed by your dental professional. May be used in areas where drinking water is fluoridated since topical fluoride cannot produce fluorosis. (See WARNINGS for exception.)

Other Colgate Products Related to Caries
  1. Baysan A. et. al. Reversal of primary root caries using dentifrices containing 5,000 and 1,100 ppm fluoride. Caries Res. 2001:35:41-46.
  2. MacDonald S. Tooth decay and the soda factor. The Cincinnati Enquirer. April 7,1999:E1,E5.
  3. ADA Council on Access, Prevention and Interprofessional Relations. Treating carries as an Infectious disease. JADA. 1995;126(suppl):2-S-15-S.
  4. American Dental Association, Accepted Dental Therapeutics Ed. 40 (Chicago, 1984): 405-407.
  5. H.R. Englander et al., JADA 75 (1967): 638-644.
  6. H.R. Englander et al., JADA 78 (1969): 783-787.
  7. H.R. Englander et al., JADA 83 (1971): 354-358.

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