Introducing Duraphat Mouthwash

Dental caries has moved from a disease confined to childhood to one prevalent in adults, with the incidence of new carious lesions in adults now being as high as that in children and root caries now affecting 29 per cent of those aged 65 and over. 

Increasing fluoride availability continues to be the cornerstone of caries-preventive strategies since the introduction of water fluoridation schemes over five decades ago. Various modes of fluoride delivery have evolved, each with its own recommended concentration, frequency of use, and dosage schedule. The use of topically applied high strength fluorides has also increased. Cochrane Systematic Reviews have concluded that Fluoride toothpastes reduce caries in the primary and permanent dentitions by up to 37 per cent and 24 per cent respectively,   Fluoride Varnish (22,600 ppm / F) reduces caries by 33% in the primary dentition and 46 per cent in the permanent dentition, and fluoride mouthwash also reduces caries in the permanent dentition by 26 per cent.