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Pediatric Liquid Medicaments – Do They Erode The Teeth Surface? An In Vitro Study: Part I

  • KL Girish Babu1
  • Kavita Rai2
  • Amitha M. Hedge2,*,

1Department of Pedodontics, The Oxford Dental College, Hospital and Research Centre, Hosur road, Bangalore-68, Karnataka, India

2Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, A.B.Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Deraltakatta, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.32.3.j22m7t8163739820 Vol.32,Issue 3,May 2008 pp.189-194

Published: 01 May 2008

*Corresponding Author(s): Amitha M. Hedge E-mail: drgirish77@yahoo.com amipedo@yahoo.co.in

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Abstract

The present study was conducted to investigate the endogenous erosive potential of some of the most com-monly used pediatric liquid medicaments in our day to day practice. Eight commonly used pediatric liquid medicaments were selected and their endogenous pH was measured using a pH electrode meter. Twenty four exfoliated or extracted primary teeth without any carious lesion/restorations, maintained in selected pedi-atric liquid medicaments were observed under SEM after 1 min, 10 mins and 8 hours of time intervals. The pH ranged between 6.05 (Salbutamol) to 6.77 (Paracetamol) which were acidic, whereas Theophylline had a basic pH of 7.71. The irregular pattern of pit –like erosion area were seen in all specimens, varying from site to site and probably depending on the prismatic versus aprismatic nature and composition of the affected enamel. In conclusion, all the pediatric liquid medicaments used in this study showed an erosive effect on the primary enamel surface irrespective of their pH when viewed under SEM.

J Clin Pediatr Dent 32(3): 189–194, 2008


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KL Girish Babu,Kavita Rai,Amitha M. Hedge. Pediatric Liquid Medicaments – Do They Erode The Teeth Surface? An In Vitro Study: Part I . Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. 2008. 32(3);189-194.

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