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Colgate® PreviDent® Brush-on Gel (Rx only)

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When do dentists recommend prescription-strength fluoride?

  • Patients at risk for root caries1
  • For patients experiencing xerostomia (dry mouth)2
  • For patients wearing braces3, 4
  • For patients with crown and bridge restorations5

  1. P.F. DePaola, Cariology for the Nineties. Caries in our aging population: What are we learning?, University of Rochester Press, Ed. W.H. Bowen and L.W. Tabak. 26-35 (1993).
  2. DePaola PF, In:Bower WH,Tabak LA,eds Cariology in the nineties: Caries in Our Aging Population, What are we Learning? University of Rochester Press:1993:26-35.
  3. Dreizen S, Brown LR, Daly TE, Drane JB. Prevention of xerostomia-related dental caries in irradiated cancer patients J Dent Res. 1997;56:99-104.
  4. J.R. Mellberg, A. Charig, M. Deutchman, W. O`Brien and A. Lass, Effect of two fluoride gels on fluoride uptake and phosphorous loss during artificial caries formation, J. Dent. Res., 65(8): 1084-1096, August 1986
  5. L.B. Toolson and D.E. Smith, A 2-year longitudinal study of overdenture patients. Part 1: Incidence and control of caries on overdenture abutments, J. Prosthet. Dent., 40, 486-91.
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