Request for Question Clarification by
bobbie7-ga
on
04 May 2004 09:55 PDT
Please take a look at the following excerpts.
?The objective of this six-month, placebo-controlled, double-blind
clinical study, conducted in harmony with American Dental Association
guidelines, was to provide an assessment of the effectiveness of a new
dentifrice formulation of Colgate Total Toothpaste containing a
special grade of silica (Colgate Total Plus Whitening Toothpaste), vs.
Colgate Total Fresh Stripe Toothpaste as a control, and a placebo
dentifrice without triclosan and the copolymer, for the control of
supragingival dental plaque and gingivitis.?
?At the six-month examination, the magnitude of these differences
exceeded 23.0% for all four parameters measured in the Colgate Total
Plus Whitening Toothpaste group (29.9% for Plaque Index, 59.2% for
Plaque Severity Index, 23.2% for Gingival Index, and 75.1% for
Gingivitis Severity Index). Also, at the six-month examination, the
magnitude of these differences exceeded 21.0% for each of the four
parameters measured in the Colgate Total Fresh Stripe Toothpaste group
(27.9% for Plaque Index, 54.9% for Plaque Severity Index, 21.4% for
Gingival Index and 69.2% for Gingivitis Severity Index). The results
of this six-month clinical study support the conclusion that Colgate
Total Plus Whitening Toothpaste and Colgate Total Fresh Stripe
Toothpaste provided a statistically significant, clinically relevant
level of efficacy for the control of supragingival plaque and
gingivitis, in accordance with the criteria provided by current
American Dental Association guidelines.?
If this is the study you have in mind I can provide you with a link to
the abstract and give you the name of the university that the
researchers were associated with it.
Thanks,
Bobbie7