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.
Be careful if you have dogs, it's lethal to dogs.
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Article on Xylitol:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201130005291/en/
There are other sites that talk about it too- this was hte first one i found
Thanks- didn’t know that-
Stock up on toothpaste. The CDC is about to ban it!
Interesting.
Hilarious if this is true - that we could be this thing with toothpaste and mouthwash.
Yah sure. But does in come in injectable form and how long before we see “health-care workers” lining up for their shot
Is it just me or does it really seem like all these ‘new’ cures/deterrents are showing up the closer it gets to the last days of PDJT?
Don’t forget hidenbidens ‘suggestion’ that the entire country be masked.....
Also interesting is how this news generated out of the Philippines?
Is Colgate Corporate HQ in Manila or is MSM ‘afraid’ PDJT will get ‘credit’ for it?
I’ve been using Vicks First Defence, a British Product made in Germany with good success to ward off colds. I wonder if it helps against the SARS II virus as well. Maybe mouthwash every four hours and First Defence frequently in addition to the EVMS Prophylaxis Protocol?
When will the #FakeNewsMedia accuse Colgate of encouraging people to inject their toothpaste and mouthwash into their veins?
Don’t forget his My Pillow ads as well as that one called something like Shamonique which sounds like a name Obama would name his daughter if he had one.
Oh GREAT. Next time I go to Safeway, the damned toothpaste shelves will be cleaned out. I’m so tired of this crap.
P&G Health’s nasal gel tech shows potential against Covid-19, 28 October 2020. “The nasal mucoadhesive gel is currently used in Vicks First Defence intranasal spray, which is a medical device in Europe approved for use against common cold viruses.”
…and this from a month ago…
Carrageenan-based composite nasal spray may help prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection, by Angela Betsaida B. Laguipo, BSN, Nov 19 2020.
The team revealed that spray systems showed highly potent antiviral capabilities, resulting in complete inhibition of the virus when studied for both prophylaxis and prevention of spread. They found that those treated with carrageenan-treated systems showed no signs of infection.
"This study has demonstrated the formulation of a potent antiviral nasal spray, with not only prophylactic capacity, but the ability to prevent viral transmission. Its ability to completely inhibit infection is derived from the chemistry (sulfated polymer backbone) of the active polymer, carrageenan," the team concluded in the study.”
Poor nutrition? These people I have seen are not poor. Do they just have a lousy diet?
Antibiotics? They take that many? I thought the NHS was trying to kill them with denial of treatment.
Q&A ON COLGATE-PALMOLIVE LABORATORY AND CLINICAL RESULTS FOR EFFECTS OF TOOTHPASTE AND MOUTHWASH ON COVID-19 VIRUS.
yes, poor nutrition == poor diet
https://www.orthotown.com/magazine/article/6797/crooked-teeth-and-nutrition
https://nourishedkitchen.com/the-teeth-tell-the-tale/
antibiotic use can cause teeth problems, weak enamel, even if mom takes them and is pregnant, or as babies/little kids get sock and take them, research tetracyclines
“Drink Ovaltine”
Ha Ha...a liberal bureaucrat “expert” saying “brush your teeth, get a cleaning twice a year”.
What if the virus lands in your eyes?
Visine off the shelves next?
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