Cosmetic dentistry Guide

Chewing is not rude, but is good for health. In the candy-bar or, if the gum is sweetened with xylitol helps prevent tooth decay, ‘assumed’ 4 times a day for 6 months cut 20% of the concentration of salivary Streptococcus mutans, the first enemy of teeth, and also reduces the ‘acidity of the plaque. Result, a healthier smile.

To carry out the gum rewriting the rules of etiquette is an Italian study conducted by the University of Milan through the WHO Collaborating Centre for Epidemiology and community dentistry, with the Institute of Clinical Dentistry, University of University of Sassari and with the support of Perfetti Van Melle. The research was presented in Milan. The study involved 153 primary school children in Sassari (7-9 years), and strengthens the results of international trials in the past had shown that anti-caries effect of xylitol, a natural sweetener extracted from the bark of birch, and for use in chewing gum to replace sugar.

Rehabilitated to the point to be mentioned even in the ‘National guidelines for the promotion of oral health and prevention of oral disease in children’. “A document sponsored by the Ministry of Health in May 2007 – remember Michael Nardone, medical director of the Department of Prevention and Communication Ministry of Welfare – thanks to a working group coordinated by Laura Strohmenger” Studies of the University of Milan. Guidelines “bipartisan,” said the expert, “prepared under the government of left and confirmed in full by the right.” The recommendations are intended “to operators (dentists, dental hygienists and pediatricians) – precise – but these guidelines will be drawn signs for parents.”

After a preliminary screening of 958 children, the Italian team has selected 153 high-risk caries assessed according to the index DMFT / DMFT: “A mathematical sum of several factors, which allows measurement of caries experience, past and present” , Maria Grazia refer Cagetti and William Campus, explaining the study. The children were then divided into two groups: 81 for 6 months have eaten a piece of chewing gum ‘placebo’, but always without sugar, sweetened with xylitol by different substances, 72 were used for the same period to xylitol gum: a snack after the morning, one after lunch, before leaving school and before bedtime. Each gum was chewed for three minutes. The children are then followed over time, and at the end of the test concentrations of bacteria were significantly reduced in the group ‘treated’. Not only. “The pH of the plaque remained below the threshold of risk for a shorter time and still came in lower acidity values,” state physicians.

Prevention assured, scientists say. And prevention is just the password, if you think that only the decay affecting 22% of Italian baby of 4 years and 44% of 12 year old. A ‘stone’ on the pockets of families. “In Italy – in fact, Strohmenger highlights – annual per capita spending for dental care is 740 euros. The national health service is also insufficient to deal with emergencies only, and 70.5% of Italians has never addressed to the public. ”

Hence the need to spread the golden rules of dental hygiene with strokes of brush and toothpaste, as well as promote healthy ‘to measure smile’ and above all, regular visits by a specialist in childhood. The goal set by WHO is to be cut: by 2010 to reach a 90% of children of 5-6 years ‘caries-free’, and a zero quota of young 18years who have lost teeth to decay or periodontal disease. “Providing parents and children all the necessary information to make correct habits of prevention and healthy lifestyles from childhood is of strategic importance – says Maria Rita Munizzi, president of the Italian Parents Movement (MOIGE)-This is why we participated in the drafting of belief Guidelines for the prevention of oral diseases in childhood. ” And “short – confirmed – will present the ‘translation’ for the parents of the recommendations contained in the technical document” visible on the website of the Ministry. But continue the studies on the protective effects of xylitol, the authors promise the Italian study.

One avenue that scientists wish to explore is  mother-child relationship. Because it is the mother kissing her baby, or speaking at close range or worse yet tasted the porridge, the small forward cariogenic germs. “Research International – reports Cagetti – have suggested that if the mother consumes during pregnancy on a regular basis to xylitol chewing gum, can reduce their risk of tooth decay to his son.