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. 2020 Apr-Jun;10(2):87-92.
doi: 10.1016/j.jobcr.2020.01.001. Epub 2020 Jan 22.

Is there evidence for Novamin application in remineralization?: A Systematic review

Shahnawaz Khijmatgar  1 , Upasana Reddy  2 , Stephin John  3 , Anand N Badavannavar  4 , Teena D Souza  2
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Review

Is there evidence for Novamin application in remineralization?: A Systematic review

Shahnawaz Khijmatgar et al. J Oral Biol Craniofac Res. 2020 Apr-Jun.

Abstract

Background: Calcium sodium phosphor-silicate material, a type of bio-glass was originally developed as an implant material to regenerate bone and recently adapted for use in oral care products (NovaMin Technology Inc.). Novamin is used for many dental problems like hypersensitivity, gingivitis, bleeding, non-carious lesions, carious lesions, whitening and is currently emerging as one of the treatment modality for the remineralization of the tooth. Since the prescription of these novel materials to the patients are based on cost effectiveness, efficacy and effectiveness, a clinician should make decision based on best available evidence. Hence, the objective of this review is to find out the current evidence available on the use of Novamin as an agent for remineralization.

Materials and methods: Relevant articles were searched and screened from several databases including PubMed, Cochrane review, Science Direct and trip which were published till 1988 to July 2017; The articles relevant to the objective of this review were included (RCT's) and articles out of interest of this review were excluded. The primary outcome for the chosen studies is the remineralization capacity of Novamin. Data extraction is done independently and jointly by 3 authors using data collection forms. Studies obtained were evaluated using the Cochrane Collaboration tools for accessing risk bias. The assessment of the quality of the evidence and the bias risk was obtained using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment Development and evaluation System.

Results: The articles from the database obtained for further review was N = 1. According to the study reviewed, the baseline comparisons using decalcification index obtained between Novamin study group (ReNew) and the control group (Crest) yield a P-value of 0.97 whereas after a 3 months interval follow up the value is 0.0403 suggesting there was a trend towards improvement in white spot lesions in the control group and at 6 months' time point the p-value is 0.81 concluding that there are no significant difference of remineralization process obtained by using traditional toothpaste and Novamin.

Conclusion: Review shows that Novamin has significantly less clinical evidence to prove its effectiveness as a remineralization agent in treating both carious and non-carious lesion. Hence, better designed clinical trials should be carried out in the future before definitive recommendations can be made.

Keywords: Calcium sodium phosphosilicate; Caries; Dentine remineralization; Non-caries lesions; Novamin; Tooth remineralization; White spot lesions remineralization.

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Conflict of interest statement

There are no funding support for this systematic review and we declare there are no conflict of interest for this systematic review.

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PRISMA Flow Chart for the inclusion and exclusion of the articles that aims to select the RCT's related to Novamin and Remineralization.
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