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- Title
Treatment of aphthous stomatitis with saturated potassium nitrate/dimethyl isosorbide.
- Authors
Hodosh, Milton; Hodosh, Steven H.; Hodosh, Alex J.
- Abstract
Concentrated potassium nitrate has been used to lessen the pain caused by aphthous stomatitis. The problem with this approach is that it can have difficulty penetrating into the deeper layers of mucosae or skin, and for this reason, its beneficial affects are not routinely predictable. When dimethyl isosorbide is added to potassium nitrate in an aqueous hydroxyethyl cellulose gel, it enhances the capacity of potassium nitrate to more completely permeate these tissues and predictably promote rapid pain control and aphthae healing.
- Subjects
STOMATITIS treatment; POTASSIUM nitrate; PAIN management; THRUSH (Mouth disease); MUCOUS membrane diseases; PHARMACEUTICAL gels; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Quintessence International, 2004, Vol 35, Issue 2, p137
- ISSN
0033-6572
- Publication type
Article