Oral Care Begins at Home.
A host of home care tools and multi-functional products is putting dental care back in the hands of today's consumer. WITH AN INCREASING interest in at-home products and teeth cleaning devices, one might expect a steady increase in the sales of toothpastes, gels and mouthwashes during the...

Strong results in Spain propel oral care market. (EuroTrends).
IF MARKET FIGURES are an indication, teeth have sparkled, gums have held firm and breath has been fragrant in Europe during the past year or so. Sales rose across the board in all of the Big 5 countries, with growth propelled by value-added toothpastes, mouthwashes and toothbrushes. ...

Swallowing toothpaste poses greatest risk of fluorosis. (Limit Fluoride Supplements, Rinses).
SAN FRANCISCO --If a child is old enough to spit, he is probably old enough to brush his teeth unsupervised. Nonetheless, parents should be counseled on the risk of fluorosis from swallowing toothpaste, especially in children under 2 years of age. Maturity level counts, too. "I've got...

Bioware Inc. Issues WARNING: Stop Ruining Your Smile!!!
PHILADELPHIA -- "Stop Ruining Your Smile!!!" That's what dentists are saying to their patients because they are constantly seeing them induce their own gum recession simply by brushing too hard. A leading cause of PERIODONTAL DISEASE, self-induced gum recession has baffled the dental industry from soft-bristled toothbrushes to non-abrasive...

CCA.
East Rutherford, NJ 201.330.1400 www.ccaindustries.com Sales: $64 million Sales: $64 million. Net income: $3.7 million. Key Personnel: David Edell, chief executive officer; Ira W. Berman, chairman; Dunnan Edell, president, chief operating officer; Stephen Heit, executive vice president, operations; John...

CDC fluoride guidelines. (Healthbeat).
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have issued new recommendations for fluoride use in the current day environment of widespread use of bottled waters and availability of a host of fluoride containing products. Recommendations for Using Fluoride to Prevent and Control Dental Caries in the...

Indians put booze over bath.
NEW DELHI: Indian consumers spend more on spirits and beer than they do on laundry and bath products, with oral care products lagging even further behind. A comparison of per capita consumption of FMCG products in the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) nations by JP Morgan shows that...

Fluoride for all the family.
We are the "older adults," the prefluoride generation. Our parents may have no teeth at all; they often wear dentures and are, in the jargon of the dental profession, "edentulous." Our children, born in the 1940s and 1950s, have suffered dramatically less tooth decay than we have. Our grandchildren...

Only 1 handbag on board.
NEW DELHI: India on Friday joined the world in keeping liquids out of passenger handbags on all domestic and international flights. A day after UK and US imposed strict restrictions on hand baggages to be carried inside airplanes, India tightened the screws on its security norms and...

Evaluation of toothpastes and of the variables associated with the choice of a product.
ABSTRACT Background: Some 200 toothpastes are available on the Canadian market, and the abrasiveness of most of them is unknown. The most recent Quebec abrasiveness scale, dating from 1994 and evaluating only 60 products, is both incomplete and out of date. Moreover, the large number of manufacturing...