A team of researchers has come up with a new toothpaste ingredient that hardens your teeth while you sleep. Good news right?
The scientists came up with a new toothpaste ingredient which puts back the lost minerals from tooth enamel and helps prevent decay and treat sensitivity while you sleep.
Dental decay is a problem that affects many children and adult today.
The new BioMinF toothpaste ingredient provides a new tooth repair technology which will bring relief to the millions of adults and children around the world who are prone to tooth decay and sensitivity.
Toothpastes which contain BioMInF can slowly release calcium, phosphate and fluoride ions over an 8-12 hour timeframe to form fluorapatite mineral which would rebuild, strengthen and protect tooth structure. It can also help in the prevention of tooth decay.
According to the scientist who led the research, Professor Robert Hill, Chair of Dental Physical Sciences at Queen Mary University of London: “Using remineralising toothpaste makes teeth far more resistant to attack from acidic soft drinks like fruit juices and sodas. It is also much more effective than conventional toothpastes where the active ingredients, such as soluble fluoride, are washed away and become ineffective less than two hours after brushing,”
“This breakthrough innovation could significantly reduce dental decay and also tooth sensitivity problems which are often experienced by people eating or drinking something cold,” he said.
Professor Hill added that the technology behind BioMin is not however exclusively designed for toothpastes. It can also be incorporated in other professionally applied dental products such as cleaning and polishing pastes, varnishes and remineralising filling materials.
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