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There have been several attempts made by the pharmaceutical companies to incorporate chocolate or other tangy or vague flavors into toothpastes, mouthwashes or gels. This has been practiced and implemented to add taste and fun yet keeping the fluoride as a potent anticariogenic integrant.
Now with the advent of the new fluoride free "chocolate toothpaste", the research appears to galvanize and revivify. It took more than four years of research, tests, studies and the FDA approvals for "Arman Sadeghpour," a Bioinformatics scientist from the Tulane University for the serendipity of launching such a product commercially.
I am referring to the new cocoa extract based toothpaste, “Theodent." This toothpaste has been launched into the whole food markets and promises to fight dental decay by the remineralization of the tooth enamel in a better and a more effective way than the fluoridated dental products. The vital component of this fluoride-free toothpaste is purely a naturally occurring extract, "Rennou”, found in the cocoa extract. The “Rennou” works by increasing the size of the surface unit crystals of enamel thus making the teeth less prone to the demineralization. This enhances the structural robustness of the tooth enamel to fight the decay.
The use of fluoride has remained a controversial topic, and the researchers say that this toothpaste is a non-toxic, and a safe alternative to the fluoride based toothpastes. The developers of this product also confess that this product eventually would replace the fluoride based therapies in the market. The makers of this product claim that this toothpaste is non toxic even if swallowed accidentally and yet shields the oral cavity from the mephitic burning sensation. The adults and kids can feel safe to use it. This toothpaste comes in a refreshing mint flavor. Parents now have an alluring reason to motivate and verve their kids during the early morning hours.
The new research substantially concluded the formation of predominantly sturdy enamel as compared to the strengthening of the enamel after conventional fluoride therapy in vogue. According to the manufacturer's site, the product was found meticulously feasible by the investigators from the following faculties;
- Paffenberger Research Center, Gaithersburg, Maryland.
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Marmara University Dental School.
- Department of Comprehensive Dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center.
