University of groningen oral health benefits of chewing. Healthy gum ingredients include xylitol known to reduce the risk of dental caries, natural flavorings, and vegetable glycerin texture enhancer and solvent. The ingredients used in making the chewing gums include corn zein, which was used as bulking agent regular grade powder form, purchased from m. Chewing gum has been used for centuries to clean the mouth or freshen the breath. Further, medicated gum preparations often utilize organic solvents to dissolve. Other ingredients are added until the warm mix thickens like dough. Your mouths saliva dissolves all of these ingredients except the gum base. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page information. Pdf medicated chewing gums mcgs represent a unique platform for drug delivery. Each size a tablet of chewing gum shall weigh not more than 0. It contains almost the same ingredients as chewing gum. The chewing gum shall be fresh and shall not be sticky, grainy, flabby, or stringy. Sugarfree chewing gum in oral health wrigley oral healthcare. Another problem associated with the above methods is that the gum base is.
These days, chewing gum has five basic ingredients including the gum base. The gum base is a mixture of elastomers, resins, fats, emulsifiers and waxes and is pretty much indigestible. Sugar is probably the healthiest off all sweeteners. The coating shall cover the centers completely and shall be free from pits, cracks, and the appearance of discoloration. There are many synthetic sweeteners, but the most used are xylitol, sorbitol, mannitol and aspartame are also used. Multipage pdf file wrigley oral healthcare program. Formulation and characterization of biodegradable medicated. Chewing gum is a soft, cohesive substance designed in order to be chewed without being. Chewing gum has advantages for the systemic delivery of substances that readily cross the oral mucosa. Creating a homemade gum inside your kitchen is not a complicated process, and anyone with few minutes of their free time and few basic ingredients can make a. Based on the fact that a regular consumption of sugar free chewing gum has the beneficial effect of reducing caries prevalence.
The first patent on chewing gum was filed in 1869 and the first medicated chewing gum was commercially introduced. Natural chewing gum uses all plant and tree ingredients and some natural. Chewing of sugarfree gum can contribute to oral health provided used on a daily basis, but clinical benefits of incorporating active ingredients into chewing gum are hard to demonstrate over the beneficial effects of increased mastication and salivation. Chewing gum in various forms has been around since ancient times. Those ingredients are usually sugar, corn syrup and even beet juice. Common ingredients in the formulation of modern chewing gum. A flavor ingredient in chewing gum has been found to provide long lasting. Although many chewing gums are essentially toxic, there are excellent natural alternatives available on the market. Gum is also an obvious choice for children and patients who have dif ficulty swallowing tablets. This pro vides rapid onset of action and avoids firstpass metabolism and breakdown in the gastrointestinal tract. The candy coating for the type i chewing gum shall be applied by the hot or coldpan method. Many pharmaceutically active agents possess unpleasant taste or odor that. Metric aa20175e february 21, 20 superseding aa20175d. The gum may contain ingredients such as, but not limited to.
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