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Is Prevident The Same As Dentagel?

Are Prevident 5000 and dentagel essentially the same? The latter is covered by med insurance, the former one is not. Also, I have had repeated small mouth sores, grayish areas form on my bottom, inner lip and lately swelling of my lips. These symptoms are most evident, first thing in the morning. Do I possibly have an allergic reaction?? I was originally prescribed the Prevident by my dentist to control higher than normal levels of mouth bacteria, caused by dry mouth, a side effect of medications. If I now longer take these meds and do not have the dry mouth, would it be OK to return to a normal toothpaste?
posted on Fri, 23 Mar 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service.
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

As per your query, you have symptoms of mouth sores and greyish area on lips which could be due to viral infection of oral cavity and immunocompromised immunity.

Need not to panic about it. I would advise you to drink 2 to 3 glasses of orange juice and gargle your mouth alternatively with hot and cold water. Apply numbing gel on sores to relieve pain.

Prevident is to prevent sensitivity and Dentagel is to prevent caries mainly. You can use any of these and can return to normal tooth paste as well because you need preventive treatment only.

Maintain hygiene of oral cavity to prevent bacterial growth. Take diet rich in vitamin C. Visit oral physician once if symptoms keep on persisting and get complete examination done and start treatment accordingly.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

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Dr. Harry Maheshwari
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Is Prevident The Same As Dentagel?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. As per your query, you have symptoms of mouth sores and greyish area on lips which could be due to viral infection of oral cavity and immunocompromised immunity. Need not to panic about it. I would advise you to drink 2 to 3 glasses of orange juice and gargle your mouth alternatively with hot and cold water. Apply numbing gel on sores to relieve pain. Prevident is to prevent sensitivity and Dentagel is to prevent caries mainly. You can use any of these and can return to normal tooth paste as well because you need preventive treatment only. Maintain hygiene of oral cavity to prevent bacterial growth. Take diet rich in vitamin C. Visit oral physician once if symptoms keep on persisting and get complete examination done and start treatment accordingly. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Harry Maheshwari