Influence of an anticalculus mouthrinse treatment on the dentition and periodontium in beagle dogs.

This research evaluated the effect of an anticalculus mouthrinse, containing 3.3% pyrophosphate anion and 1.0% of a copolymer of vinylmethyl ether and maleic acid (Gantrez), on calculus formation, gingivitis, gingival recession, and epithelial attachment in beagle dogs over a one-year period of time, compared to a distilled water rinse. Each was applied twice a day for the one-year period. Compared to the control, the anticalculus mouthrinse resulted in significant reductions in the formation of calculus and gingivitis, as well as a prevention of loss of epithelial attachment in the beagle dogs. The results from this investigation suggest that it is possible to mitigate both probing epithelial attachment loss and increases in probing pocket depth at the calculus prone sites through the use of an anticalculus mouthrinse.