弗化ナトリウム洗口液を中心とした薬事関連事項の検討

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We investigated sodium fluoride (NaF) with two matters of concern in mind. One concern is whether a dentist may use any chemical substance for therapeutics. The other is whether a certain drug to be used is certified or approved under the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law. These two matters of concern are of different nature and should be treated as such. We may go so far as to say that a dentist's license allow him to select any chemical substance, prescribe and compound a drug, and to apply it to his dental practice. At the same time, however, he must be fully aware of the responsibility imposed on him for whatever result brought about by his choice and decision. He may therefore feel safer to use drugs manufactured by pharmaceutical companies and baring official approval, since these drugs have passed severe tests for both efficacy and safety. When no officially approved drug is available, and circumstances compel it, a dentist may use commercial chemical reagent to make an ethical drug in his administration. we consider it permissible for a dentist to make an oral solution for dental use with NaF which is a granteed reagent defined by Japanese Industrial Standard, because it is proved to be refined enough to meet to the standard defined by United States Pharmacopeia XXII.
九州歯科学会の論文
1993-10-25