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Low-fluoride Dentifrice and Gastrointestinal Fluoride Absorption after Meals

Faculty of Dentistry of Piracicaba, UNICAMP, Av. Limeira 901, 13414-903, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil;

View larger version (25K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. Illustration of the experimental design.

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. Mean and SD of salivary F concentration after the ingestion of the dentifrices under different gastric content situations (for n of each treatment, refer to Table).

View larger version (38K): [in a new window]   Figure 3. Percent bioavailability of F dentifrices ingested in different gastric content situations. (a) Reduction in the F bioavailability of the 1100-µg-F/g dentifrice for ingestion after the meals. (b) Same as (a) for the 550-µg-F/g dentifrice. (c) Overall reduction in F bioavailability, from both meals and dentifrices, with the absorption of the 1100-µg-F/g dentifrice ingested on fasting considered as 100%.