Table 1.
Probiotic toothpaste formulations.
| Component | Probiotic content |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placebo |
0.50% |
2.00% |
5.00% |
10.00% |
|
| in % [w/w] | |||||
| Sorbitol 70% | 81.79 | 81.39 | 80.16 | 77.70 | 73.61 |
| Water, dem. | 8.84 | 8.80 | 8.66 | 8.40 | 7.96 |
| Saccharin | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.23 |
| Sodiummonofluorophosphate | 1.49 | 1.48 | 1.46 | 1.41 | 1.34 |
| Trisodiumphosphate | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.12 |
| PEG 1500 | 6.50 | 6.46 | 6.37 | 6.17 | 5.85 |
| Sodium-Carboxymethylcellulose | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 0.95 | 0.90 |
| Probiotic | 0.00 | 0.50 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 10.00 |
dem. = demineralized; PEG = polyethylene glycol; w = weight