How Do Other Dental Products Work?

Dental products are medications used to treat oral conditions that include mucogingival (gum) conditions and dry mouth. Dental products that do not fall into any specific classes of dental and oral care medications are categorized as other dental products.

Other dental products include the following:

• Allogeneic cultured keratinocytes/fibroblasts in bovine collagen: Allogeneic cultured keratinocytes/fibroblasts in bovine collagen is a cellularized scaffold sheet used to treat mucogingival conditions such as receding gums and other gum defects. The cellularized sheet secretes growth factors and proteins (cytokines) that help in wound healing and tissue regeneration.
• The scaffold sheet is composed of sterile human keratinocytes, fibroblasts, and extracellular matrix proteins obtained from donors and multiplied in cell banks, and bovine collagen (a type of insoluble fibrous protein), which provide structural support and help generate the growth of natural gum tissue.
• Artificial saliva: Artificial saliva is used to relieve the symptoms of dry mouth, in the absence or insufficiency of natural saliva. Artificial saliva is composed of proteins, electrolytes, water, and other substances that moisten and lubricate the oral cavity and provide a mucous coating on the oral mucous membrane (mucosa). Xylitol, a sugar alcohol that is used in some saliva preparations, stimulates saliva production.

Other dental products are used in the following forms:

• Cellular sheet
• Oral sprays, solutions, liquids, mouthwashes, gels, dissolving discs, and lozenges

Uses of other dental products include:

• Allogeneic cultured keratinocytes/fibroblasts in bovine collagen:
  • Treatment of mucogingival conditions in adults, as a scaffolding product applied on a surgically created wound bed on the gums.
• Artificial saliva:
• Xerostomia (dry mouth)

Side effects of other dental products vary with each drug. A few of the most common side effects may include:

• Allogeneic cultured keratinocytes/fibroblasts in bovine collagen:
  • Sinusitis (inflammation of the sinuses)
  • Nasopharyngitis (inflammation of nose and throat)
  • Respiratory tract infections
  • Aphthous stomatitis (canker sore)
  • Oral pain
  • Mouth injury
  • Facial hypoesthesia (reduced sensation)
• Artificial saliva:
  • Altered taste
  • Abnormal speech
  • Digestive problems
  • Dysphagia (swallowing difficulties)

Information contained herein is not intended to cover all possible side effects, precautions, warnings, drug interactions, allergic reactions, or adverse effects. Check with your doctor or pharmacist to make sure these products do not cause any harm when you take them along with other medicines. Never stop taking your medication and never change your dose or frequency without consulting your doctor.

Generic and brand names of some of the other dental products include:

• allogeneic cultured keratinocytes/fibroblasts in bovine collagen
• Aquoral
• artificial saliva
• Caphosol
• Gintuit
• Oasis
• SalivaSure
• XyliMelts