Dental compounding goes back to the days when tooth aches caused by tooth decay were probably the most common dental problem and the barber was the professional “go to” for tooth extraction.

Lack of proper dental hygiene, improper diet, disease states and drug therapy can be leading factors to dental problems.

Dental compounding can range from preparing special oral hygiene products and pre-operative medications to preparing medications used in the dental surgical suites.

Dentists see and deal with many oral problems. Patients are seen for dental caries, periodontal diseases, oral lesions and cancer, temporomdibular joint disorder, inflamed or ulcerated oral tissue. Systemic diseases and drug side effects can cause problems such as angina, oral fungal, gingival, hyperplasia, and fungal infections from long term antibiotic use.

Your compounding pharmacist can assist in the treatment of some of the common things such as pain, infections, allergies, anxiety, crown preparations, dry socket treatments, gum disease, aphthous stomatitis, lichen planus, cicatricial pemphigoid and drug induced mucositis.

Manufactured products have numerous ingredients that may contribute to compatibility or stability problems. When preservatives are present in commercial products it may drop below its effective concentration, due to diluting down when mixing with other products. Compounding is done from bulk powder and results in fewer stability and compatibility problems. Your compounding pharmacist can tailor the medication to the patient.
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Unique Dosage Forms
Compounded medications offer an alternative for the patients that don’t respond to standard medications. For the needle anxiety patient, topical anesthetics allow for a painless injection. Some patients become nauseated and can not swallow a pill, therefore a gel can be rubbed into the skin. Some commercially unavailable dosage forms include suspensions, pastes, lozenges and lollipops.

Flavored Medication
The taste buds play a major role when taking medication. A compounding pharmacist can help make the medicine more palatable without changing the vital properties and performance. Flavoring the medicine encourages the child to ingest the medicine instead of wearing it. Adults are more likely to remember to take their medicine when it is flavored with something they like. Some of the basic medications that can be flavored are:

Analgesics / Antibiotics / Adhesives / Sedatives / Oral Rinses / Bleaching gels / Topical anesthetics / Dry Socket Mixtures / Plaque removal mixtures.

A DENTAL VISIT... that puts a smile on your face.

Dosage forms that make your trip to the dentist less stressful include: *Troches/sublingual *Capsules *Gels (oral or topical) *Mouthwashes and rinses *Lipstick & lip balms *Oral & topical sprays

From cosmetic medications, like bleaching gels to formulations to treat ulcers or gum disease, compounding has benefits for many areas of dental medicines and patients of all ages. Don’t let your next visit be an unpleasant one. Talk to your dentist or compounding pharmacist today.

Do you suffer from:

SYMPTOM                     USE

Gagging                               Lozenges

Dry socket                            Periodontal gels

Chronic cold sores                 Lip balms

Burning mouth                     Mouthwashes

Dry mouth                           Sugar Free Fluoride Candy