@article{article_848455, title={The Effect of Dental Paste With Herbal Content on Remineralization and The Imaging with Fluorescent Technique in Teeth with White Spot Lesion}, journal={Clinical and Experimental Health Sciences}, volume={11}, pages={348–353}, year={2021}, DOI={10.33808/clinexphealthsci.848455}, author={Kırıştıoğlu, Zeynep and Yanikoglu, Funda and Alkan, Elif and Tağtekin, Dilek}, keywords={remineralization, herbal toothpaste, white spot lesion, laser fluorescence}, abstract={<div style="text-align:justify;"> <span style="font-size:.9em;"> <b>Objective: </b> To evaluate the effect of Gumgumix herbal toothpaste on remineralization of white spot lesions with a laser fluorescent system  </span> <span style="font-size:.9em;">called FluoreCam. It is a pilot study. </span> </div> <div style="text-align:justify;"> <span style="font-size:.9em;"> <b>Methods: </b> The FluoreCam system was used for the fluorescence imaging of the fifteen teeth with white spot lesions. During the study, the  </span> <span style="font-size:.9em;">patients continued to use the previously owned toothpastes, addition to Gumgumix. Gumgumix was applied on the lesion area with a finger  </span> <span style="font-size:.9em;">pressure twice a day and was not rinsed mouth after, only a limited spit and was prevented from taking any fluid during 30 minutes. The  </span> <span style="font-size:.9em;">“Compare” option in the FluoreCam system was used to differentiate the situation before and after the use of the paste; if the marked area  </span> <span style="font-size:.9em;">were yellow “No Change”; blue “Sound Surface”; green “Improving”; light blue “Mild Improving” and red meant “Worsening”. </span> </div> <div style="text-align:justify;"> <span style="font-size:.9em;"> <b>Results: </b> Of the 13 lesions that were “Suspect Surface” initially, 46% were identified as “Mild Improving”, 7% as “Moderate Worsening”, 30% as  </span> <span style="font-size:.9em;">“No Change”, and 15% as “Sound Surface”. Two of the white spot lesions were recovered totally as 100%. </span> </div> <div style="text-align:justify;"> <span style="font-size:.9em;"> <b>Conclusion: </b>After use of Gumgumix for one week, remineralization was observed on teeth with white spot lesion. The white spot lesions on  </span> <span style="font-size:.9em;">two teeth were totally healed. </span> </div>}, number={2}, publisher={Marmara University}