In Brief: FDA's Dental Products/Plaque Subcommittee
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA's Dental Products/Plaque Subcommittee: Will meet Oct. 29-30. The agenda is not yet public. At the committee's last meeting, cetylpyridinium chloride, a mouthwash ingredient, was voted Category I for safety and efficacy in treating plaque and gingivitis; Microdent was voted Category I for safety and Category III for efficacy; and the committee called for more information on the efficacy of active ingredients in Warner-Lambert's Listerine mouthwash ("The Tan Sheet" May 12, pp. 4-7)...