Posted on 12/20/2020 8:14:34 PM PST by SeekAndFind
MANILA, Philippines — Laboratory studies show that toothpastes containing zinc or stannous and mouthwash formulas with cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) neutralize the virus that causes COVID-19 by 99.9%.
The studies are part of a Colgate research program that includes clinical studies among infected people to assess the efficacy of oral care products in reducing the amount of the virus in the mouth, potentially slowing the transmission of the COVID-19 virus.
In the laboratory studies—the first to include toothpaste—Colgate Total and Meridol toothpastes neutralized 99.9% of the virus after two minutes of contact. Colgate Plax and Colgate Total mouthwashes were similarly effective after 30 seconds.
The studies, completed in October, were conducted in partnership with Rutgers New Jersey Medical School’s (NJMS) Public Health Research Institute and Regional Biosafety Laboratories.
The results suggest that some toothpastes and mouthwashes may help reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, by temporarily reducing the amount of virus in the mouth. The virus spreads through respiratory droplets or small particles produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, sings, talks or breathes, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“We’re at the early stages of our clinical investigations, but our preliminary laboratory and clinical results are very promising,” said Dr. Maria Ryan, Colgate’s chief clinical officer.
“While brushing and rinsing are not a treatment or a way to fully protect an individual from infection, they may help to reduce transmission and slow the spread of the virus, supplementing the benefit we get from wearing masks, social distancing and frequent hand washing.” she added
Dr. David Alland, Chief of Infectious Diseases and Director of the Center for COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness, who led the Rutgers NJMS study along with colleagues Drs. Pradeep Kumar and Riccardo Russo said: “Given that saliva can contain amounts of virus that are comparable to that found in the nose and throat, it seems likely that SARS-CoV-2 virus originating in the mouth contributes to disease transmission, especially in persons with asymptomatic COVID-19, who are not coughing. This suggests that reducing virus in the mouth could help prevent transmission during the time that oral care products are active.”
Concurrent to the laboratory study, Colgate sponsored a clinical study involving some 50 hospitalized subjects with COVID-19. This study demonstrated the ability of Colgate Total (with CPC and zinc), Colgate Peroxyl, and Colgate PerioGard mouthwashes to substantially reduce the amount of the virus in the mouth temporarily. The researchers plan to share their findings in December.
Additional Colgate-supported clinical research studies on toothpaste and mouthwashes are in early stages at Rutgers, the Albert Einstein Institute in Sao Paulo, Brazil and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Adams School of Dentistry, with some 260 people with COVID-19 participating in these studies.
“Colgate is collaborating with numerous investigators throughout the globe to conduct clinical research to explore the potential of oral care products to reduce oral viral loads as a risk reduction strategy,” Dr. Ryan said. “We think oral care has a role to play in fighting the global pandemic, alongside other preventive measures.”
Dr. Mark Wolff, Morton Amsterdam Dean of Penn Dental Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania said that: “With this pandemic, the more we understand about the virus, the more effective we can be in fighting it, so I am excited to see the impressive research program Colgate has undertaken,”
“We need to continue to take the precautions recommended by health authorities, and with these studies we may demonstrate an additional way to address the transmission of disease among people in close contact, particularly in dental practice. That would be an important advance.” he added
As the world’s #1 trusted dental expert, Colgate is committed to leading in science and to ensuring that its products address health challenges and meet consumers’ needs.
Here we go, now there will be 9 gabillion toothpaste and mouthwash ads on Hannitys AM radio show in between the 29 gabillion ads for Natures Balance
Colgate is great, says Colgate.
What about Crelm Toothpaste, with the miracle ingredient, Fraudulin!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUOJzYtdTKI
The problem is, coronavirus is inhaled and goes down your windpipe into your lungs.
What dose do you take?
/joking
England hardest hit...
If a droplet of spit can infect someone six feet away, why do you have to stick a 10” Qtip halfway into someone’s skull to find a sample of the virus?
LOL.
I knew a guy from the UK whose father was a dentist. he had a mouth of teeth that looked like a picket fence. It was all I could to not to ask about what passed for dental health in the UK.
What about hydrogen peroxide?
a lot of what you are seeing is poor nutrition and antibiotics damage.
I don’t like putting toothpaste up my nose, but at least it doesn’t burn like the mouthwash.
Council on Dental Therapeutics. American Dental Association.
Now what about breathing through your nose?
Recently a friend mentioned some cooking show on PBS....curious, I tuned in to PBS, and I had all but given up watching PBS over the years......but also found some very palatable Brit shows....Roadkill, Call the Midwife, Miss Fisher, Father Brown, etc. These dramas are so well done....costuming and sets superb, and Brit actors with flaws...like crooked teeth, wrinkles. It’s a joy to see people who do not have bright white veneers or Botox or plastic surgery galore.
There was a Brit on last week’s Penn and Teller show who smiled as broadly as possible, showing his ugly grille like a trademark. Damn, it hurt to look at that.
actually the colgate and crest mouthwash are alcohol free and don’t burn=- and taste good too- if it doesn’t work to stop spread of virus- oh well, we’ll all have better smelling breath at least
[[Now what about breathing through your nose?]]
there is a nasal spray for that- it contains Xylitol of all things- Yep- the artificial sweetener- you can find it on amazon- look for Xylitol nasal spray-
Xylitol is supposedly a potent antiviral i believe i read-
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