Starter Kits Now Available!

Introducing the Periogen Starter Kit, a great way to introduce friends and family to our products. The Starter Kit combines everything you need to take your oral health to the next level.

The kit includes:

• 1 - 4 oz. tube of Periogen Tartar Control Formula Toothpaste
• 1 - 3 oz. bottle of "Hint of Mint" Periogen Powdered Rinse Concentrate
• 6 - .1 oz. Periogen mint travel packets
• 1 soft toothbrush
• 1 swishing cup

Professional Dental Care -
Cautiously Moving Forward

     As Fall begins we still find ourselves dealing with the fallout of the pandemic as states struggle to balance the loosening of economic restrictions with health concerns related to keeping community spread to a minimum. These measures have created conflict within our health care community and especially within the area of dentistry as the oral health care professional comes into very close contact with the patient as a matter of practice. With Covid being primarily an airborne spread pathogen, dental practices must balance the welfare of their employees along with the needs of their patients and the public at large. 

     To aid in this decision process, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published “Guidance for Dental Settings” that is updated regularly. This guidance is intended to protect both the dental professional and the patient seeking care. While many of the elements of the CDC guidance are a part of our “new normal” PPE practices, other elements are not so obvious and are unique to the dental environment. These include use of telephone triage to access patient health and needs along with minimizing office staff exposure to patients by consolidating duties. This means your hygienist may also be your dental x-ray technician.  

     Perhaps the most significant recommendation by the CDC is to minimize procedures that generate aerosols. Dental industry procedures often employ equipment and techniques that generate “aerosols” that are essentially tiny airborne particles. In a dental environment, they can be created through a variety of ways including rotary tools, (drills), air/water syringes, and ultrasonic scalers. 

     All in all, the CDC protocols are good for both medical staff and patient. As conditions in your state allow, it may be time to get on the phone and get that appointment with your dental professional that has been put off for too long. Oral health is crucial to whole body health and that will translate into benefits far beyond a beautiful smile!

The Centers for Disease Control
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/dental-settings.html

Toothpaste “Relative Dentin Abrasion (RDA)” – What’s the Rub?

     The discussion of the abrasiveness of toothpaste is a common discussion in the media and at Periogen now that we have our own toothpaste made from Periogen Oral Rinse powdered concentrate. We knew from the beginning that it would be a low RDA and the Indiana School of Dentistry just confirmed that with a low value of 69. The RDA scale runs from 0 to 250 so Periogen would be in the low abrasive category. According to the American Dental Association (ADA) the low, medium, and high scores are broken down as follows:

• 0-70           Low Abrasive
• 71-100       Medium Abrasive
• 101-150     Highly Abrasive
• 151-250     Regarded as Upper Limit by ADA
• 151-200     Upper limit by FDA

     Toothpaste formulation is a tricky business as companies try and maximize cleaning potential through abrasives or even peroxide. We don’t need to add abrasives, peroxide or titanium dioxide to our toothpaste to clean teeth as all Periogen products are about preventing and reducing dental tartar buildup; which is not only the cause of gingivitis and gum disease, but contributes to the staining of teeth as the porous tartar buildup stains easily. Just for reference, brushing with a toothbrush and water has an RDA value of 4 while using plain baking soda is a 7. You can easily obtain the RDA value of most any toothpaste via a web search and most manufacturers will also provide the number on their website.

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