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Review
. 2019 Sep 30;9(5):427-433.
doi: 10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_296_19. eCollection 2019 Sep-Oct.

Oxygen Alkaline Dental's Cleaners from Tooth Plaque, Food Debris, Stains of Blood, and Pus: A Narrative Review of the History of Inventions

Aleksandr Urakov  1   2 , Natalia Urakova  3 , Alexey Reshetnikov  4
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Review

Oxygen Alkaline Dental's Cleaners from Tooth Plaque, Food Debris, Stains of Blood, and Pus: A Narrative Review of the History of Inventions

Aleksandr Urakov et al. J Int Soc Prev Community Dent. .

Abstract

Objective: This review shows the history of inventions of devices, hygiene products, and methods of dissolution and removal of pus, sulfur plugs, blood crusts, and plaque.

Material and methods: The search for inventions was carried out in the databases, such as Google Patent, Google Scholar, Scopus, and PubMed. The key words used in this search were as follows: toothbrushes, toothpicks, toothpastes, plaque, cleaning products for teeth and dentures, teeth whiteners and dentures, bleach bruises and blood stains, pus, sulfur plugs, and pus solvents. A total of 24 inventions were evaluated for review.

Results: In recent years, hygiene products that quickly dissolve and bleach pus, sulfur plugs, blood stains, and plaque because of alkaline saponification of protein-lipid complexes and cold boiling inside the biological masses have been invented. Such an action has a heated above 37°C supersaturated sodium bicarbonate solutions containing hydrogen peroxide in moderate concentrations and gaseous oxygen under excessive pressure. Cold boiling inside the dense biological masses occurs under the action of catalase and/or due to the normalization of internal pressure in the solution.

Conclusion: Alkalinity, hyperthermia, and hyperoxygenation of solutions with high internal pressure optimize whitening of teeth and dentures because of alkaline saponification and cold boiling.

Keywords: Dental bleach; dental’s cleaner; mouthwash; physical–chemical properties; plaque; pus; toothpaste; toothpick.

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