60 seconds are all it takes to protect your health and that of your patients
Did you know that pre-procedural mouthrinsing with Chlorhexidine + Cetylpyridinium Chloride (CHX+CPC) can protect patients and professionals in the dental clinic from bacterial and viral infection and cross-contamination?
The PER-IADR congress in Marseille (15-17 September 2022) showed the importance of using pre-procedural mouthrinsing to help protect against infection in the dental practice.
If you could not attend, watch this short video with the highlights of the congress.
The entire composition of a mouthwash has a significant influence on its efficacy. The presence of an active component in a formulation, such as CHX, does not ensure that the product is effective.
What are the active components of an ideal formulation?
Chlorhexidine (CHX) is considered the gold standard antiseptic. It is the antiseptic with the highest antibacterial, anti-plaque and anti-gingivitis activity. It has a substantivity of 12 hours and a broad spectrum of action against bacteria, viruses and fungi.
Cetylpyridinium Chloride (CPC) is a safe and effective daily-use antiseptic with antiplaque action and a substantivity of between 3 and 5 hours. It also has a broad spectrum of action against different types of bacteria, fungi and some viruses.
What has dentistry learned from the pandemic?
Watch the main conclusions of the experts during the PER-IADR (September 15-17, 2022).
▶ Oral and systemic health - is there a "new" link with COVID-19?
Professor David Herrera
Full Professor of Periodontology Computense University of Madrid (UCM) Madrid, Spain.
▶ Aerosol in the dental setting: a misty topic
Professor Fridus van der Weijden
Clinic fo Periodontology and Implantology Utrecht and the Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA).
▶ The role of the oral cavity in SARS-CoV-2 and other viral infections
Dr. Dieter Hoffmann
Manager of the Clinical Virology laboratory, Institute of Virology, TU Munich, Germany.
▶ Preprocedural mouthwashes for infection control
PD Dr. Fabian Cieplik
Department of Conservative Dentistry and Periodontology, University Hospital Regensburg. Germany.
Scientific evidence of CPC against SARS-CoV-2 (IN VIVO studies)
- Rinsing and gargling for 60 seconds with a commercially available mouthwash (CHX + CPC, 0.05% each) significantly reduced viral infectivity in SARS-CoV-2 positive patients as assessed by virus culture. Bonn et al. (2022).
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Oral rinsing for 60 seconds with mouthwashes containing 0.07% Cetylpyridinium Chloride (CPC). Alemany et. al (2022).
- reduces the amount of infectious viruses in saliva
- could help prevent the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 -
Rinsing with 0.07% CPC mouthwash produced a statistically significant reduction in the infectivity of the saliva of COVID-19-positive patients. Tarragó et al. (2021).
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The use of CPC mouthwash produced the greatest reductions in SARS-CoV-2 salivary viral load, and this effect lasted for at least 1 hour after rinsing. Eduardo et al. (2021).
