Denture cleaner

Denture Cleaner, also known as denture cleanser, is a cleaner used to assist in denture cleaning. Chemical denture cleaners can come in cream, liquid, powder or tablet format. Some chemical denture cleaners are effervescent and others are not. There are also mechanical denture cleaners such as denture brushes and ultrasonic denture cleaners that use ultrasonic cleaning.

History

Dentures have been cleaned using water or acidic mixtures of water/vinegar, water/lemon juice, water/baking soda for many years. In the 1930s, Alexander Block developed the Polident brand of denture cleaner at the Block Drug Company.^[1] Others have followed such as Warner-Lambert introduction of Efferdent denture cleanser tablets in 1966^[2] and Renew denture cleaner powder in 1986 by Mid-Continental Dental Supply Co. Ltd.^[3]

Bottle of Renew professional strength denture cleaner.

Box of Polident overnight denture cleaner.

Active ingredients

Ingredients include such chemicals as:

• sodium bicarbonate
• citric acid
• sodium perborate
• sodium polyphosphate
• potassium monopersulfate
• sodium perborate
• EDTA

See, for instance, [1].

References

1. ^ "New Chip at the Old Block?". Forbes: p. 48. May 29, 1978. 
2. ^ "Block Drug Company, Inc. History" Funding Universe http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Block-Drug-Company-Inc-Company-History.html>
3. ^ "Mid-Continental Dental Supply Co. Ltd. Announces They Are Now the Authorized Dealer of Justi Products for Canada" Marketwire http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/mid-continental-dental-supply-co-ltd-announces-they-are-now-authorized-dealer-justi-985311.htm>

External links

• My Polident
• Renew Denture Cleaner
• Efferdent Denture Cleaner