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02 NEWS Dental Tribune Asia Pacifi c Edition | 7+8/2017 A sweet remedy? New lozenges aim to tackle dental caries By DTI OSAKA, Japan: Osaka-based con- fectionary company UHA Mika- kuto has introduced fl avoured pastilles claimed to be helpful in maintaining a healthy oral fl ora. According to the company, its UHA dentaclear sweets contain a strain of lactic acid bacteria that is be- lieved to effectively suppress the proliferation of pathogenic bacte- ria in the mouth and hence reduce the risk of dental caries. The lozenges are available in yogurt or clear mint fl avour and have been available from Japanese chemists and convenience stores since June. According to UHA Mika- kuto, the incidence of caries and other oral diseases can be reduced by sucking the sweets after meals. In addition to strains of Lacto- bacillus rhamnosus L8020, the pastilles contain various sweeten- ers, including 0.85 g of xylitol per lozenge. Xylitol has been shown to have caries-preventive qualities, mainly because most plaque bac- teria lack the ability to ferment xylitol into cariogenic end-prod- ucts. Other ingredients include crystalline cellulose, fi ne silicon dioxide and green tea extract. UHA Mikakuto jointly devel- oped the product with Prof. Hiroki Nikawa from the School of Oral Health Science at Hiroshima Univer- sity and trading company Mitsui & Co. The idea of using the benefi - cial properties of L. rhamnosus L8020 to enhance oral health arose after Nikawa discovered the in- creased presence of the bacterial strain in research on patients with resistance to caries. The lozenges have a recommen- ded retail price of JPY198 (US$1.75) per 13 g bag. Further information can be found on the Japanese product website at www.uha-l8020.jp. p p j j . . 0 0 2 2 0 0 8 8 l l - - a a h h u u / / t t o o h h s s n n e e e e r r c c S S Aim to prevent dental caries: UHA dentaclear lozenges. Plymouth dental experts support Philippine mission By DTI PLYMOUTH, UK/MANDAUE CITY, Philippines: Supporting UK char- ity Dentaid, two dental experts from Plymouth University Penin- sula School of Dentistry will be bringing oral health care to one of the poorest cities in the Philip- pines. In addition to providing emergency and preventative den- tal services during their two-week mission, Dr Robert Witton and Ruth Potterton will be providing oral health education for the chil- dren and their teachers and set up a school toothbrushing pro- gramme. The operation and project ac- tivities will be based around Uma- pad Elementary School in Man- daue City on the island of Cebu. This publicly funded school with approximately 1,100 pupils pro- vides education to a group known locally as “scavenger children”, who live in and around the city’s dump sites and earn a living recy- cling other people’s waste. “Our mission with Dentaid is to get all the school children den- tally fi t,” said Potterton. “We’ll do this by offering pain relief treat- ments where necessary, atraumatic restorative treatment if possible, and fl uoride varnish for all the children,” Potterton said. The two Plymouth volunteers will be part of wider group of relief teams who will be working together across a range of activities, includ- ing providing support in teaching English, IT equipment and commu- nity support training, and rebuild- ing after earthquakes, fi res and ty- phoon damage in the region. Den- tal treatments will be provided in close cooperation with a local den- tist and dental students from the dental school in Cebu. Risks of dental tourism By DTI SYDNEY, Australia: With the cost of dental treatment presenting a sig- nifi cant barrier for many Austral- ians, some may consider dental tourism—travelling to another country to undergo a dental pro- cedure—to be an increasingly via- ble option. With this in mind, the Australian Dental Association (ADA) has been prompted to issue a warning about the risks that may accompany this decision. m o c . k c o t s r e t t u h S / o i d u t S v o k i n v a r T © Australian dental tourists tend to travel to a wide variety of places for cheaper procedures, from South- East Asian hotspots like Bali and Thailand to eastern European des- tinations. Though it is in no way il- legal to have dental procedures performed away from Australia— and the initial cost of the treat- ment may be relatively cheap— there can often be unforeseen complications that are unable to be handled effectively in the time span of the period abroad, the ADA warned. “The decision to become a dental tourist usually comes to down to one simple thing—sav- ing money,” said Dr Michael Foley, Vice Chairman of the ADA’s Oral Health Committee. “While it’s true you may save some money in the short term, the reality is that things can go wrong and all those expected sav- ings can quickly disappear and end up costing more than the hol- iday itself.” In addition to procedural com- plications, dental tourists may be subject to less-stringent quality standards and lower-grade mate- rials in comparison with Austral- ian dentistry. If a patient is dissat- isfi ed with dental work performed overseas, the ADA cautioned, it can sometimes be extremely diffi cult to repair satisfactorily and may lead to the extraction of the affected teeth. “Complex procedures—medi- cal or dental–should not be done over the course of a holiday,” said Foley. “If you have the need for a complex medical treatment or procedure, it is best done in Aus- tralia where you can be assured of the safety and quality standards in place, and of the certainty of follow up.” IMPRINT SROUP EDITOR: Daniel ZIMMERMANN newsroom@dental-tribune.com Tel.: +44 161 223 1830 MANASINS EDITOR AP: Kristin HÜBNER EDITOR: Yvonne BACHMANN ONLINE EDITOR/SOCIAL MEDIA MANASER: Monique MEHLER MANASINS EDITOR & HEAD OF DTI COMMUNICATION SERVICES: Marc CHALUPSKY JUNIOR PR EDITOR: Julia MACIEJEK COPY EDITORS: Sabrina RAAFF Ann-Katrin PAULICK CLINICAL EDITORS: Magda WOJTKIEWICZ Nathalie SCHÜLLER PUBLISHER/PRESIDENT/CEO: Torsten R. 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