Listerine active ingredients: more gingivitis, plaque data needed -- plaque chair.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
LISTERINE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: MORE GINGIVITIS, PLAQUE DATA NEEDED, FDA Dental Products Panel Plaque Subcommittee Chair Robert Genco, DDS/PhD, SUNY-Buffalo, said at a May 8-9 meeting in Bethesda, Md. After hearing data from Warner-Lambert on the efficacy of the four active ingredients in Listerine, Genco said the subcommittee needs additional data on the anti-plaque and anti-gingivitis effect of the product's four active ingredients.