Cees Valkenburg

Dentist, Clinical Epidemiologist

email: ceesvalkenburg@gmail.com

Dentifrices. Part 3: Dentifrice Recommendations

A systematic review can be referred to as ‘research of research’ and is described as the highest level of evidence to guide clinical practice.6,7 A systematic review summarizes the results from...

Dentifrices. Part 2: the evidence behind their formulation

The complex formulations of modern dentifrices make them one of the most sophisticated pharmaceutical products on the market today. The demands of the consumer, coupled with the complexity of the oral...

Dentifrices. Part 1: a general introduction

The prevalence of dental caries has decreased over the years, but the prevalence of periodontitis remains high.2 Caries, or tooth decay, is the destruction of tooth structure by acids formed by oral...