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Yes, I've read the first study, and it is a review of all the material surrounding Novamin and suggests there should be more research. There should always be mo
by pogue 5y ago
Yes, I've read the first study, and it is a review of all the material surrounding Novamin and suggests there should be more research. There should always be more research, but I still contend the research on Novamin is quite solid as is. Other studies have shown it does infer remineralization properties (when compared to fluoride alone).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3422065/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3422065/
I have also read about BioMin, but I am a bit skeptical on it. It seems to be more of a "slow release fluoride" that sort of sticks to the teeth and releases the fluoride ions over the day. While Novamin is a true "bioglass" formula. The link you provided to Biomin claims that because Novamin on it's own contains no fluoride and requires the addition of fluoride into the toothpaste I think is a weak one. Biomin appears to be a simple bond of the molecules of calcium, phosphate and fluoride.
Nonetheless, they do have some impressive studies, but I didn't see one where they compared Biomin _directly_ to a formula of Novamin + sodium fluoride or a similar combination of Novamin and fluoride in the same formula, simply comparing Novamin to Biomin - which already contains fluoride. I might give it a try at some point. It's a novel compound.
https://www.biomin.co.uk/professional-information/clinical-studies https://www.biomin.co.uk/professional-information/clinical-s...
According to a short writeup on quora, the claim was made that because the FDA regulates toothpaste as a drug, whereas in Europe it's regulated as cosmetic, GSK would have to prove Novamin had the properties it claimed and would have to go through many clinical trials, as any new drug on the market would be required to do. So, because of the expense of this, they simply pulled it off the US market.
https://www.quora.com/Why-are-there-not-any-toothpastes-with-Novamin-available-in-the-USA-market https://www.quora.com/Why-are-there-not-any-toothpastes-with...
- Doxin 5y agoNotably in the EU novamin toothpastes don't make any claims as to tooth repair, only as to sensitivity reduction. (for which it hella works in my experience)